CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-16885
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-10-16
- 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 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
Description
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Storage VSP Driver improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges.</p>
<p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first need code execution on a victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Storage VSP Driver properly handles file operations.</p>
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 10 1607
• microsoft windows 10 1709
• microsoft windows 10 1803
• microsoft windows 10 1809
• microsoft windows 10 1903
• microsoft windows 10 2004
• microsoft windows server 2016
• microsoft windows server 2016 1903
• microsoft windows server 2016 2004
• microsoft windows server 2019
References
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16885 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16885 Patch, Vendor Advisory