CVE-2019-5922 Privilege escalation in The installer of Microsoft Teams
An attacker can gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the Microsoft Teams installer due to an untrusted search path vulnerability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5922?
CVE-2019-5922 is a high-severity vulnerability in The installer of Microsoft Teams, published on 12 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in The installer of Microsoft Teams allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
Weakness: CWE-426
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5922?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Teams.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5922?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5922 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-5922 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5922 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in The installer of Microsoft Teams
- CVE-2026-65667 Microsoft Teams Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-62896 Microsoft Teams Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-33823 Microsoft Team Events Portal Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-65767 Microsoft Teams for Android Spoofing Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-65768 Microsoft Teams Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4xfv-h3v4-ch7r.