CVE-2020-1506

Severity
8.8HIGH
EPSS
3.4%
top 12.67%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 11
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Wininit.dll handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability: In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed to exploit this vulnerability and then convince a user to view the website. An attacker would have no way to force users

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 4.2

Affected Packages2 packages

CVEListV5microsoft/internet_explorer_111.0.0publication

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-f387-26c4-6jhr: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Wininit2022-05-24
CVEList
Windows Start-Up Application Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2020-09-11

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Windows Start-Up Application Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2020-09-08