Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Audio Service Privilege Escalation (CVE-2019-1086)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2019-2437
Date Published: 7 Feb 2021
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Sunday 07 February, 2021
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2019-1086
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75

Who is Vulnerable? Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft Windows 10 1607
Microsoft Windows 10 1703
Microsoft Windows 10 1709
Microsoft Windows 10 1803
Microsoft Windows 10 1809
Microsoft Windows 10 1903
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows rt 8.1
Microsoft Windows server 2012 r2
Vulnerability Description A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows Audio Service. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows Audio Service Privilege Escalation (CVE-2019-1086) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft Windows Audio Service Privilege Escalation (CVE-2019-1086)

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