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GHSA-wg8w-w9w9-jc7c
GHSA-wg8w-w9w9-jc7c
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to the LUAFV driver (luafv.sys), aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0730, CVE-2019-0731, CVE-2019-0805, CVE-2019-0836, CVE-2019-0841.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Timeline
- May 14, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)
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References
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0796 advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46715 exploit
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0796 advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152535/Microsoft-Windows-LUAFV-LuafvCopyShortName-Arbitrary-Short-Name-Privilege-Escalation.html exploit