{"id":"CVE-2019-0948","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-0948","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:56:38.381Z","title":"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.","description":"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.\nTo exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could create a file containing specially crafted XML content and convince an authenticated user to import the file.\nThe update addresses the vulnerability by modifying the way that the Event Viewer parses XML input.","published":"2019-06-12T14:29:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:09:16.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.7,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-611"],"affected":["microsoft/windows 10","microsoft/windows 7","microsoft/windows 8.1","microsoft/windows rt 8.1","microsoft/windows server 2008","microsoft/windows server 2012","microsoft/windows server 2016","microsoft/windows server 2019"],"epss":{"score":0.12672,"percentile":0.96234,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.11585,"percentile":0.95901},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.12672,"percentile":0.96073}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2016-12-05","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":40863,"kind":"exploit","title":"Microsoft Event Viewer 1.0 - XML External Entity Injection","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40863","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/40863.txt","file":"exploits/windows/local/40863.txt","published":"2016-12-05","added":"2016-12-05","updated":"2020-03-13","author":"hyp3rlinx","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2019-0948"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.com/screenshots/idlt41000/screen-shot-2016-12-05-at-145255.png","referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0948","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0948","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-641/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0948","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}