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CVE-2019-1405 Microsoft CVE debrief

CVE-2019-1405 affects Microsoft Windows and is described as a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service privilege escalation vulnerability. CISA lists it in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and marks it as associated with known ransomware campaign use, which makes it a high-priority remediation item for Windows environments.

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows
CVSS
HIGH 7.8
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2022-03-15
Original CVE updated
2022-03-15
Advisory published
2022-03-15
Advisory updated
2022-03-15

Who should care

Windows administrators, endpoint security teams, and incident responders responsible for Microsoft Windows systems should care most, especially where patch status is uncertain or remediation needs to be coordinated across many endpoints.

Technical summary

The official records supplied here identify the issue as a Windows UPnP service privilege escalation vulnerability. The corpus does not provide exploit mechanics, affected build ranges, or a CVSS score, so the safest operational response is to treat it as an actively exploited Windows elevation risk and verify remediation status through official vendor guidance.

Defensive priority

Urgent

Recommended defensive actions

  • Apply Microsoft updates per vendor instructions.
  • Use the CISA KEV due date of 2022-04-05 as the remediation deadline for affected Windows assets.
  • Inventory Windows systems and confirm they are covered by the relevant fix or mitigation.
  • Prioritize remediation for systems that are difficult to rebuild or that support sensitive business functions.
  • Maintain logging and endpoint monitoring on any systems that cannot be immediately remediated.

Evidence notes

CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities metadata for this item lists Microsoft as the vendor, Windows as the product, dateAdded as 2022-03-15, dueDate as 2022-04-05, and knownRansomwareCampaignUse as Known. The CISA entry also states the required action is to apply updates per vendor instructions. The supplied official CVE and NVD links identify the vulnerability as CVE-2019-1405. No CVSS score or deeper technical breakdown was included in the provided corpus.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2019-1405 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-1405

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2019-1405 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1405

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

    cisa_kev

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.