CVE-2020-1519Improper Privilege Management in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 38.75%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 17
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows UPnP Device Host improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows UPnP Device Host handles memory.

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 Packages23 packages

CVEListV5microsoft/windows_76.1.0publication

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-gw5q-x3f2-7p39: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows UPnP Device Host improperly handles memory2022-05-24
CVEList
Windows UPnP Device Host Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2020-08-17

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Windows UPnP Device Host Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2020-08-11

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-12978 imagemagick: use of uninitialized value in function ReadPANGOImage in coders/pango.c2019-07-23
CVE-2020-1519 — Improper Privilege Management | cvebase