CVE-2020-1169Improper Privilege Management in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
9.3%
top 7.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 11
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Runtime improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in an elevated context. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Windows Runtime handles objects in memory.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages13 packages

CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_201910.0.0publication

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-f8jc-cr4c-wq3r: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Runtime improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Runtime Elevation of Privil2022-05-24
CVEList
Windows Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2020-09-11

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Windows Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2020-09-08

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-25657 m2crypto: bleichenbacher timing attacks in the RSA decryption API2020-10-20
CVE-2020-1169 — Improper Privilege Management | cvebase