Important CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.00856 2019-07 archive

Executive Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the wlansvc.dll handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the wlansvc.dll properly handles objects in memory.

Overview

7.8
CVSS HIGH
Important
MS Severity
Not Exploited
MS Exploit Status
Less Likely
MS Exploit Likelihood
Category Elevation of Privilege
Released Jul 9 2019
Last Updated Jul 9 2019
Publicly Disclosed No
CISA KEV Not Listed
Known Exploits None Known
EPSS Score 0.00856 — 0.54651 percentile
NVD CVSS 7.8 HIGH — matches MSRC

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
ATTACK VECTOR
Local
ATTACK COMPLEXITY
Low
PRIVILEGES REQUIRED
Low
USER INTERACTION
None
SCOPE
Unchanged
CONFIDENTIALITY
High
INTEGRITY
High
AVAILABILITY
High
EXPLOIT CODE MATURITY
Proof-of-Concept
REMEDIATION LEVEL
Official Fix
REPORT CONFIDENCE
Confirmed
Temporal Score: 7.0

EPSS Score

0.00856
probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.54651 percentile - updated 2026-07-25
View on FIRST.org

Affected Products

24 affected products
Product KB Article Severity Impact Restart Required
Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems 4507458 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows 10 for x64-based Systems 4507458 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems 4507460 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems 4507460 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems 4507450 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems 4507450 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems 4507455 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems 4507455 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems 4507455 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems 4507435 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems 4507435 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems 4507435 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems 4507469 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems 4507469 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems 4507469 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems 4507453 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems 4507453 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems 4507453 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 4507449 (Monthly Rollup) 4507456 (Security Only) Important Elevation of Privilege 4503292 Base: 7.8 Temporal: 7.0 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C Yes None Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 4507449 (Monthly Rollup) 4507456 (Security Only) Important Elevation of Privilege 4503292 Base: 7.8 Temporal: 7.0 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C Yes None Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems 4507448 (Monthly Rollup) 4507457 (Security Only) 4507448 (Monthly Rollup) Important Elevation of Privilege 4503276 Base: 7.8 Temporal: 7.0 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C Yes None Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems 4507448 (Monthly Rollup) 4507457 (Security Only) 4507448 (Monthly Rollup) Important Elevation of Privilege 4503276 Base: 7.8 Temporal: 7.0 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C Yes None Windows RT 8.1 4507448 (Monthly Rollup) 4507448 (Monthly Rollup) Important Elevation of Privilege 4503276 Base: 7.8 Temporal: 7.0 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C Yes None Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 4507452 (Monthly Rollup) 4507461 (Security Only) Important Elevation of Privilege 4503273 Base: 7.8 Temporal: 7.0 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C Yes None Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) 4507452 (Monthly Rollup) 4507461 (Security Only) Important Elevation of Privilege 4503273 Base: 7.8 Temporal: 7.0 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C Yes None Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2 4507452 (Monthly Rollup) 4507461 (Security Only) Important Elevation of Privilege 4503273 Base: 7.8 Temporal: 7.0 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C Yes None Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 4507452 (Monthly Rollup) 4507461 (Security Only) Important Elevation of Privilege 4503273 Base: 7.8 Temporal: 7.0 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C Yes None Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) 4507452 (Monthly Rollup) 4507461 (Security Only) Important Elevation of Privilege 4503273 Base: 7.8 Temporal: 7.0 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C Yes None Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1 4507449 (Monthly Rollup) 4507456 (Security Only) Important Elevation of Privilege 4503292 Base: 7.8 Temporal: 7.0 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C Yes None Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 4507449 (Monthly Rollup) 4507456 (Security Only) Important Elevation of Privilege 4503292 Base: 7.8 Temporal: 7.0 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C Yes None Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation) 4507449 (Monthly Rollup) 4507456 (Security Only) Important Elevation of Privilege 4503292 Base: 7.8 Temporal: 7.0 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C Yes None Windows Server 2012 4507462 (Monthly Rollup) 4507464 (Security Only) Important Elevation of Privilege 4503285 Base: 7.8 Temporal: 7.0 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C Yes None Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) 4507462 (Monthly Rollup) 4507464 (Security Only) Important Elevation of Privilege 4503285 Base: 7.8 Temporal: 7.0 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C Yes None Windows Server 2012 R2 4507448 (Monthly Rollup) 4507457 (Security Only) 4507448 (Monthly Rollup) Important Elevation of Privilege 4503276 Base: 7.8 Temporal: 7.0 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C Yes None Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) 4507448 (Monthly Rollup) 4507457 (Security Only) 4507448 (Monthly Rollup) Important Elevation of Privilege 4503276 Base: 7.8 Temporal: 7.0 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C Yes None Windows Server 2016 4507460 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) 4507460 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows Server 2019 4507469 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) 4507469 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation) 4507435 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes
Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation) 4507453 (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Yes

Patches

7 patches
Article Type Restart
4507458 Security Update Yes
4507460 Security Update Yes
4507450 Security Update Yes
4507455 Security Update Yes
4507435 Security Update Yes
4507469 Security Update Yes
4507453 Security Update Yes

Known Exploits

Acknowledgments

zhong_sf of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team