CVE-2019-1478: Microsoft Windows 7

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles COM object creation, aka 'Windows COM Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: affected versions not specified; version r2 only

Published 2019-12-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.