CVE-2020-1507 — Improper Privilege Management in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft COM for Windows handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system. To exploit the vulnerability, a user would have to open a specially crafted file. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft COM for Windows handles objects in memory.