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. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Kernel. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-11135. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

TSX Asynchronous Abort condition on some CPUs utilizing speculative execution may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side channel with local access.

The weakness was released 11/12/2019 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 handled as CVE-2019-11135. The attack may be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208653 (CentOS 7 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2020:0028)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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 Tenable (208653). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-145350, VDB-145349, VDB-145348 and VDB-145345. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 208653
Nessus Name: CentOS 7 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2020:0028)

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Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

04/11/2019 🔍
11/12/2019 +215 days 🔍
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11/13/2019 +1 days 🔍
05/29/2026 +2389 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: RHSA-2019:3936
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-11135 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-11135
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-145346
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/13/2019 06:51
Updated: 05/29/2026 07:02
Changes: 11/13/2019 06:51 (54), 11/13/2019 06:56 (17), 02/11/2024 14:00 (5), 10/10/2024 01:53 (16), 05/29/2026 07:02 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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