CVE-2019-1184: Microsoft Windows 10

Medium severity, CVSS 6.7. EPSS: 70.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system. The update addresses this vulnerability by correcting unprotected COM calls.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: 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 2019-08-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.