CVE-2020-0790 — Improper Privilege Management in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 50.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 11
Latest updateMay 24
Description
A local elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in how splwow64.exe handles certain calls. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could elevate privileges on an affected system from low-integrity to medium-integrity.
This vulnerability by itself does not allow arbitrary code execution; however, it could allow arbitrary code to be run if the attacker uses it in combination with another vulnerability (such as a remote code execution vulnerability or another elevation of privi…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9