CVE-2019-1009
MEDIUMEPSS 99th pctlDescription
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows GDI component improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such as by convincing a user to open a specially crafted document, or by convincing a user to visit an untrusted webpage. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows GDI component handles objects in memory.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1009
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39723d8227b248781898c200aa24b154683673287b150a204b83787d%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/da9ee189d1756f8508d0f2386d8e25aca5a6df541739829232be8a94%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/fb6c84fd387de997e5e366d50b0ca331a328c466432c80f8c5eed33d%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1009
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