CVE-2020-1547: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Engine improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first…

PriorityP338high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.92%

56.3th percentile

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Engine 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 Backup Engine handles memory.

Affected

33 ranges· showing 25

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microsoft	windows_10	—	—
microsoft	windows_10	—	—
microsoft	windows_10	—	—
microsoft	windows_10	—	—
microsoft	windows_10	—	—
microsoft	windows_10	—	—
microsoft	windows_10	—	—
microsoft	windows_10_version_1507	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_10_version_1607	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_10_version_1709	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_10_version_1709_for_32-bit_systems	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_10_version_1803	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_10_version_1809	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_10_version_1903_for_32-bit_systems	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_10_version_1903_for_arm64-based_systems	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_10_version_1903_for_x64-based_systems	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_10_version_1909	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_10_version_2004	>= 10.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_7	>= 6.1.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_7_service_pack_1	>= 6.1.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	windows_8.1	>= 6.3.0 < publication	publication
msrc	windows_10	—	—
msrc	windows_10_version_1607	—	—
msrc	windows_10_version_1709	—	—
msrc	windows_10_version_1803	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv7.8HIGH

vendor_msrc7.8HIGH

vendor_oracle4.7MEDIUM

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