An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to properly sanitize input leading to an insecure library loading behavior.
A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the input sanitization error to preclude unintended elevation.
                
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                    Tue, 20 May 2025 18:00:00 +0000
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| Description | An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to properly sanitize input leading to an insecure library loading behavior.A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. | An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to properly sanitize input leading to an insecure library loading behavior. A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the input sanitization error to preclude unintended elevation. | 
| Title | Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege 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: 2025-05-20T17:49:36.023Z
Reserved: 2018-11-26T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2019-0973
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Modified
Published: 2019-06-12T14:29:01.947
Modified: 2025-05-20T18:15:32.153
Link: CVE-2019-0973
 Redhat
                        Redhat
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