CVE-2019-1074: Microsoft Windows 10

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows where certain folders, with local service privilege, are vulnerable to symbolic link attack. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially access unauthorized information. The update addresses this vulnerability by not allowing symbolic links in these scenarios., aka 'Microsoft Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1082.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: version 1709 only; version 1803 only; version 1809 only; version 1903 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: version 1803 only; version 1903 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019: affected versions not specified

Published 2019-07-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.