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CVE-2019-0983

Windows Storage Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 12, 2019 at 01:49 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:09 AM UTC
11 products affected across 1 vendorWindows Server 2016Windows Server 2019Windows 10 1809

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Storage Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on the victim system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, then run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Storage Services handles file operations.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Windows 10· Microsoft
95%
10.0.0 ≤ v < publication160717031709180318091903
Affected range stops below publication, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Windows 10 1607· Microsoft
95%
10.0.14393.0 ≤ v < publication10.0.14393.0
Affected range stops below publication, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Windows 10 1809· Microsoft
95%
10.0.0 ≤ v < publication10.0.17763.0 ≤ v < publication10.0.010.0.17763.0
Affected range stops below publication, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Windows Server 1803· Microsoft
95%
10.0.0 ≤ v < publication10.0.0
Affected range stops below publication, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Windows Server 1903· Microsoft
95%
10.0.0 ≤ v < publication10.0.0
Affected range stops below publication, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Windows Server 2016· Microsoft
95%
10.0.14393.0 ≤ v < publication10.0.14393.018031903
Affected range stops below publication, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Windows Server 2019· Microsoft
95%
10.0.17763.0 ≤ v < publication10.0.17763.0
Affected range stops below publication, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Windows 10 1703· Microsoft
60%
10.0.0 ≤ v < publication10.0.0
Affected range stops below publication, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Windows 10 1709· Microsoft
60%
10.0.0 ≤ v < publication10.0.0
Affected range stops below publication, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Windows 10 1803· Microsoft
60%
10.0.0 ≤ v < publication10.0.0
Affected range stops below publication, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0983
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0983

CVSS

7.8HIGHmicrosoft
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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