CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-1431

7.8 HIGH Published 2020-07-14 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-07-14
Last modified
2026-06-17
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 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-269

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows AppX Deployment Extensions improperly performs privilege management, resulting in access to system files.To exploit this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how AppX Deployment Extensions manages privileges., aka 'Windows AppX Deployment Extensions Elevation of Privilege 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 1903 • microsoft windows server 2016 1909 • microsoft windows server 2016 2004 • microsoft windows server 2019

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References