Microsoft Windows up to Server 2019 Kernel information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Microsoft Windows up to Server 2019. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Kernel. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2019-1345. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to Server 2019 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code block of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1334.

The weakness was released 10/08/2019 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is available at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-1345 since 11/26/2018. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.

A public exploit has been developed by Google Security Research and been published 2 days after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (47487). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-143108, VDB-143107, VDB-143104 and VDB-143105. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Google Security Research
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11/26/2018 🔍
10/08/2019 +316 days 🔍
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10/09/2019 +1 days 🔍
10/10/2019 +1 days 🔍
10/15/2025 +2197 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: 154800
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-1345 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-1345
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-143106
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/09/2019 07:48
Updated: 10/15/2025 22:04
Changes: 10/09/2019 07:48 (70), 10/10/2019 22:00 (3), 10/10/2019 22:01 (2), 09/30/2020 18:43 (1), 01/05/2024 09:35 (7), 10/15/2025 22:04 (14)
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Committer: misc
Cache ID: 216::103

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