March 15, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2019-1315 — Microsoft Windows
known ransomware use
Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-03-15- Federal due date
2022-04-05- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- EPSS
- 92.0th percentile (score 0.076, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1315
CISA short description
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could overwrite a targeted file leading to an elevated status.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.