March 15, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2019-1322 — Microsoft Windows
known ransomware use
Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-03-15- Federal due date
2022-04-05- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- EPSS
- 97.2th percentile (score 0.365, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1322
CISA short description
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles authentication requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.