CVE-2019-1045: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Network File System (NFS) handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows NFS properly handles objects in memory.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: affected versions not specified; version 1703 only; version 1709 only
• Microsoft Windows 7: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: affected versions not specified; version r2 only

Published 2019-06-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.