How severe is CVE-2019-1253?

CVE-2019-1253 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 11.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2019-1253: Microsoft Windows AppX Deployment Server Privilege

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Windows AppX Deployment Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-03-15

Remediation due

2022-04-05

Ransomware

Known use

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1253

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows AppX Deployment Server improperly handles junctions.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1215, CVE-2019-1278, CVE-2019-1303.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Exploitation Context

as of October 13, 2026

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CISA added CVE-2019-1253 to the KEV catalog 916 days after its CVE record was published.
It is one of 390 Microsoft entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 166 added in 2022.
Its current EPSS score (11.6%) is higher than that of 28% of CISA KEV entries.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Microsoft	Microsoft Windows	10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
Microsoft	Microsoft Windows Server	version 1803 (Core Installation) 2019 2019 (Core installation)
Microsoft	Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems	unspecified
Microsoft	Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems	unspecified
Microsoft	Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems	unspecified
Microsoft	Microsoft Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)	unspecified

References

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Other references

Record Details

Published

2019-09-11

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

microsoft

Credited to

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