PT-2019-3921

CVE-2019-1405

Published

2019-11-12

Updated

2026-08-12

Description by

CVSS 3.1

7.8

High

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Service (affected versions not specified)

Description An elevation of privilege issue exists due to the improper allowance of COM object creation by the Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service. This could allow an attacker to elevate their privileges or execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability is related to unsafe privilege management in the Windows UPnP service.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploitability

Exploit

Impacts

Researchers

Edward Torkington

Phillip Langlois

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

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