CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-1286
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-06-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Shell does not properly validate file paths.An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user, aka 'Windows Shell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 10 1803
• microsoft windows 10 1809
• microsoft windows 10 1903
• microsoft windows 10 1909
• microsoft windows 10 2004
• microsoft windows server 2016 1803
• microsoft windows server 2016 1903
• microsoft windows server 2016 1909
• microsoft windows server 2016 2004
• microsoft windows server 2019
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1286 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1286 Patch, Vendor Advisory