CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-1571

7.3 HIGH Published 2020-08-17 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-08-17
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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
Weaknesses
CWE-276

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Setup in the way it handles permissions. A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. After successfully exploiting the vulnerability, an attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring Windows Setup properly handles permissions.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 10 1803 • microsoft windows 10 1809 • microsoft windows 10 1903 • microsoft windows 10 1909 • microsoft windows 10 2004

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions weakness

References