CVE-2019-0841: Microsoft Windows AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

High severity, CVSS 7.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2022-03-15. EPSS: 41.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC) improperly handles hard links, aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0730, CVE-2019-0731, CVE-2019-0796, CVE-2019-0805, CVE-2019-0836.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10 1703: any version
• Microsoft Windows 10 1709: any version
• Microsoft Windows 10 1803: any version
• Microsoft Windows 10 1809: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: version 1803 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019: affected versions not specified

Published 2019-04-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.