title: Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
description: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on the victim system.</p>
<p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, then run a specially crafted application.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service handles file operations.</p>
problem types: Elevation of Privilege
affected:
{
vendor: Microsoft
product: Windows 10 Version 1809
cpes: [cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*, cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*, cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*]
platforms: [32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems, ARM64-based Systems]
versions:
version: 10.0.0, lessThan: publication, versionType: custom, status: affected
}
{
vendor: Microsoft
product: Windows Server 2019
cpes: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
platforms: x64-based Systems
versions:
version: 10.0.0, lessThan: publication, versionType: custom, status: affected
}
{
vendor: Microsoft
product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
cpes: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
platforms: x64-based Systems
versions:
version: 10.0.0, lessThan: publication, versionType: custom, status: affected
}
{
vendor: Microsoft
product: Windows 10 Version 1909
cpes: [cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*, cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*, cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*]
platforms: [32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems, ARM64-based Systems]
versions:
version: 10.0.0, lessThan: publication, versionType: custom, status: affected
}
{
vendor: Microsoft
product: Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)
cpes: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
platforms: x64-based Systems
versions:
version: 10.0.0, lessThan: publication, versionType: custom, status: affected
}
{
vendor: Microsoft
product: Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
cpes: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
platforms: Unknown
versions:
version: 10.0.0, lessThan: publication, versionType: custom, status: affected
}
{
vendor: Microsoft
product: Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
cpes: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
platforms: Unknown
versions:
version: 10.0.0, lessThan: publication, versionType: custom, status: affected
}
{
vendor: Microsoft
product: Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
cpes: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
platforms: Unknown
versions:
version: 10.0.0, lessThan: publication, versionType: custom, status: affected
}
{
vendor: Microsoft
product: Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
cpes: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
platforms: x64-based Systems
versions:
version: 10.0.0, lessThan: publication, versionType: custom, status: affected
}
{
vendor: Microsoft
product: Windows 10 Version 2004
cpes: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
platforms: [32-bit Systems, ARM64-based Systems, x64-based Systems]
versions:
version: 10.0.0, lessThan: publication, versionType: custom, status: affected
}
{
vendor: Microsoft
product: Windows Server version 2004
cpes: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
platforms: x64-based Systems
versions:
version: 10.0.0, lessThan: publication, versionType: custom, status: affected
}
metrics:
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL
cvssV3_1: [
version: 3.1
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
baseScore: 6.6
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
]