CVE-2019-0948
Windows Event Viewer Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- Published
- Jun 12, 2019
- Updated
- May 20, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Evidence observed
- Dec 5, 2016
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 95.9%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Windows Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc) when it improperly parses XML input containing a reference to an external entity. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could read arbitrary files via an XML external entity (XXE) declaration. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could create a file containing specially crafted XML content and convince an authenticated user to import the file. The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying the way that the Event Viewer parses XML input.
Sources
1hyp3rlinx · windows · Dec 5, 2016
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