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 // -...

CVE-2019-1184: Undefined Security Weakness

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...