Microsoft Windows - Shell COM Server Registrar Local Privilege Escalation

// Axel '0vercl0k' Souchet - December 28 2019 // References: // - Found by an anonymous researcher, written up by Simon '@HexKitchen' Zuckerbraun // - https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2019/12/19/privilege-escalation-via-the-core-shell-com-registrar-object // -...

Microsoft Windows and Windows Server Privilege Permission and Access Control Issues Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Windows Server are both products of Microsoft Corporation.Microsoft Windows is an operating system for personal devices.Microsoft Windows Server is a server operating system. A privilege-granting and access-control issue vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows an...

CVE-2019-1184

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Core Shell COM Server Registrar improperly handles COM calls. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially set certain items to run at a higher level and thereby elevate permissions. To exploit this...