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High · 7.8 Known exploited · Ransomware Public exploit CVE-2019-1405 EUVD-2019-9962GHSA-jc5j-4728-w8pc

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service improperly allows COM object creatio…

Published Nov 12, 2019 · Updated Aug 12, 2026 · Assigned by microsoft

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service improperly allows COM object creation, aka 'Windows UPnP Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Microsoft Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1, 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1, 8.1 for 32-bit systems, 8.1 for x64-based systems, RT 8.1, 10 for 32-bit Systems, 10 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems, 10 … —
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Core installation), 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1, 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1, 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Core installation), 2012, 2012 (Core installation), 2012 R2, 2012 R2 (Core installation), 2016, 2… —
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems unspecified —
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems unspecified —
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems unspecified —
Microsoft Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation) unspecified —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 2

GitHub 1 repository

  • apt69/COMahawk ★ 345 · Nov 13, 2019

    Privilege Escalation: Weaponizing CVE-2019-1405 and CVE-2019-1322

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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