CVE-2020-0790Improper 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
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

Affected Packages23 packages

CVEListV5microsoft/windows_76.1.0publication

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-p36p-r3w8-8q4p: A local elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in how splwow642022-05-24
CVEList
Microsoft splwow64 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2020-09-11

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Microsoft splwow64 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2020-09-08
CVE-2020-0790 — Improper Privilege Management | cvebase