An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Windows Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc) when it improperly parses XML input containing a reference to an external entity. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could read arbitrary files via an XML external entity (XXE) declaration.
To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could create a file containing specially crafted XML content and convince an authenticated user to import the file.
The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying the way that the Event Viewer parses XML input.
                
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                    Tue, 20 May 2025 18:00:00 +0000
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| Description | An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Windows Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc) when it improperly parses XML input containing a reference to an external entity, aka 'Windows Event Viewer Information Disclosure Vulnerability'. | An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Windows Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc) when it improperly parses XML input containing a reference to an external entity. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could read arbitrary files via an XML external entity (XXE) declaration. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could create a file containing specially crafted XML content and convince an authenticated user to import the file. The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying the way that the Event Viewer parses XML input. | 
| Title | Windows Event Viewer Information Disclosure Vulnerability | |
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| Metrics | cvssV3_1 
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: 2019-06-12T13:49:38
Updated: 2025-05-20T17:49:34.147Z
Reserved: 2018-11-26T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2019-0948
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                        Vulnrichment
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Modified
Published: 2019-06-12T14:29:01.743
Modified: 2025-05-20T18:15:30.890
Link: CVE-2019-0948
 Redhat
                        Redhat
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