CVE-2019-1388

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.086 · 95 %ileexploit · PoCDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 6 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

8.59% (95th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

90 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

added 2023-04-07remediate by 2023-04-28

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Microsoft Windows Certificate Dialog Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Certificate Dialog when it does not properly enforce user privileges, aka 'Windows Certificate Dialog Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USprimaryCWE-269US

exploits (6)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

Tafloh/CVE-2019-1388-Privilege-Escalation--2021-CVE-2019-1388 Lab Analysis: Documented local privilege escalation via Windows UAC certificate dialogs on Windows 7.PoC · poc_in_github
jas502n/CVE-2019-1388CVE-2019-1388 UAC提权 (nt authority\system)PoC · poc_in_github
jaychouzzk/CVE-2019-1388jaychouzzk/CVE-2019-1388PoC · poc_in_github
nobodyatall648/CVE-2019-1388CVE-2019-1388 Abuse UAC Windows Certificate DialogPoC · poc_in_github
suprise4u/CVE-2019-1388suprise4u/CVE-2019-1388PoC · poc_in_github
sv3nbeast/CVE-2019-1388guest→system（UAC手动提权）PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (90)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft Windows 10all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10:-
Microsoft Windows 7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:windows_7:-
Microsoft Windows 8.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-
Microsoft Windows Azureall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:windows_azure:-
Microsoft Windows RT 8.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-
Microsoft Windows Serverall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server:-
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2008_r2:sp_1
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::sp2
Microsoft Windows Server 2012all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2012_r2:-
Microsoft Windows Server 2016all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-
Microsoft Windows Server 2019all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-0884Microsoft Windows: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2019-11-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter oder anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in verschiedenen Microsoft Windows Betriebssystemen und Microsoft Windows Azure Stack ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, Code mit erweiterten Privilegien zur Ausführung zu bringen, Sicherheitsmechanismen zu umgehen, Spoofing Angriffe durchzuführen, vertrauliche Daten einzusehen oder seine Privilegien zu erweitern.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2019-11-12modified 2026-06-17

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references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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