CVE-2020-1162 — Improper Privilege Management in Microsoft Windows

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 48.70%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
13
Microsoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows 10 Version 1903 FOR 32-bit SystemsMicrosoft Windows 10 Version 1903 FOR Arm64-based Systems+10 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 9
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An elevation of privilege (user to user) vulnerability exists in Windows Security Health Service when handling certain objects in memory.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1324.

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 Packages13 packages

Patches

Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com ↗Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-xjmc-37gv-8mrp: An elevation of privilege (user to user) vulnerability exists in Windows Security Health Service when handling certain objects in memory↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-1162: An elevation of privilege (user to user) vulnerability exists in Windows Security Health Service when handling certain objects in memory↗2020-06-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability↗2020-06-09
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