CVE-2020-1491 — Improper Privilege Management in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Function Discovery Service handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Function Discovery Service properly handles objects in memory.