CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-1079
7.8 HIGH
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- 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 when the Windows fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application to take control of an affected system.
The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows handles objects in memory.
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 8.1
• microsoft windows rt 8.1
• microsoft windows server 2012
• microsoft windows server 2012 r2
• microsoft windows server 2016
• microsoft windows server 2016 1803
• microsoft windows server 2016 1903
• microsoft windows server 2016 1909
• microsoft windows server 2019
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1079 msrc.microsoft.com
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1079 Patch, Vendor Advisory