CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-1068

7.8 HIGH Published 2020-05-21 Modified 2026-08-19 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-05-21
Last modified
2026-08-19
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Media Service that allows file creation in arbitrary locations. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Media Service handles file creation.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 10 • microsoft windows 10 1607 • microsoft windows 10 1709 • microsoft windows 10 1803 • microsoft windows 10 1809 • microsoft windows 10 1903 • microsoft windows 10 1909 • microsoft windows server 2016 • microsoft windows server 2016 1803 • microsoft windows server 2016 1903 • microsoft windows server 2016 1909 • microsoft windows server 2019

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