CVE-2019-1405

CRITICALNVD 7.89.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-15), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 30%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · kev ransomware · Metasploit · Exploit-DB (verified) · epss top5pct · public exploitExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service improperly allows COM object creation, aka 'Windows UPnP Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
9.0(high)
EG Risk
81(Attend)
EG Risk 81/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity90% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
30%
EPSS %ILE
98%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

November 12, 2019

Last Modified

August 12, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jun 4, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. Patch available. Sources: microsoft, cisa.
cisa Patch Available🔴 Active Exploitation

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-1405
microsoft Patch Available

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center. Patch available via Microsoft Security Update

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1405
generic

Packet Storm

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155723/Microsoft-UPnP-Local-Privilege-Elevation.html

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 94× in last 7d / 390× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 1,396 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-19 19:49 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-09-19 19:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-19 15:37 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-19 15:37 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-09-19 15:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-19 11:25 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-09-19 11:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-19 07:13 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-09-19 07:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-19 03:01 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-19 03:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-18 22:49 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-18 22:49 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-09-18 22:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-18 19:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-18 19:20 UTCCISA KEV update
  17. 2026-09-18 18:37 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-18 18:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-18 14:25 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-09-18 14:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-18 14:15 UTCCISA KEV update
  22. 2026-09-18 10:13 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-18 10:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-18 06:01 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-18 06:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-18 01:49 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-09-18 01:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-17 21:37 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-17 21:37 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-09-17 21:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-17 19:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-17 17:25 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-09-17 17:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-17 12:11 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-17 12:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-17 07:59 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-09-17 07:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-17 03:47 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-09-17 03:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-16 23:35 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-16 23:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-16 19:23 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-16 19:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-16 15:11 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-16 15:11 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-09-16 15:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-16 14:10 UTCCISA KEV update
  23. 2026-09-16 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-16 10:59 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-16 10:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-16 06:47 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-09-16 06:47 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-09-16 06:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-16 02:36 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-09-16 02:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-15 22:24 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-09-15 22:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-15 18:11 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-09-15 18:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-15 13:59 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-09-15 13:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-15 09:47 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-09-15 09:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-09-15 05:35 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-09-15 05:35 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-09-15 05:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-15 03:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-09-15 01:22 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-09-15 01:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-14 21:10 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-09-14 21:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-09-14 19:24 UTCCISA KEV update
  48. 2026-09-14 16:58 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-09-14 16:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-09-14 12:46 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-09-14 12:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-09-14 08:34 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-09-14 08:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-09-14 04:23 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-09-14 04:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-09-14 00:11 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-09-14 00:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-09-13 20:00 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-09-13 20:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-09-13 15:48 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-09-13 15:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-09-13 11:36 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-09-13 11:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-09-13 07:24 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-09-13 07:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-09-13 03:13 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-09-13 03:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-09-12 23:01 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-09-12 23:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-09-12 18:49 UTCEG score recompute
  71. 2026-09-12 18:49 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-09-12 18:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-09-12 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  74. 2026-09-12 14:37 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-09-12 14:37 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(4 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (1 GitHub PoC) (2 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-47805✓ verified
    First seen Dec 30, 2019

    Microsoft UPnP - Local Privilege Elevation (Metasploit)

    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-47684
    First seen Nov 14, 2019

    Microsoft Windows 10 Build 1803 < 1903 - 'COMahawk' Local Privilege Escalation

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCapt69/COMahawk
    First seen Nov 13, 2019

    Privilege Escalation: Weaponizing CVE-2019-1405 and CVE-2019-1322

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/windows/local/comahawk✓ verified
    First seen Nov 12, 2019

    Microsoft UPnP Local Privilege Elevation Vulnerability

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2019-1405?
CVE-2019-1405 is a critical vulnerability published on November 12, 2019. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service improperly allows COM object creation, aka 'Windows UPnP Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
When was CVE-2019-1405 disclosed?
CVE-2019-1405 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on November 12, 2019, with the most recent update on August 12, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2019-1405 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2019-1405 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 15, 2022, affecting Microsoft Windows. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-1405?
CVE-2019-1405 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.
Which products are affected by CVE-2019-1405?
CVE-2019-1405 affects Microsoft Windows. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2019-1405?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2019-1405, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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