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CVE-2020-1559
published 2020-09-11

CVE-2020-1559: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Storage Services improperly handle file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this…

PriorityP338high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.93%
56.7th percentile
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Storage Services improperly handle file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first need code execution on a victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Storage Services properly handle file operations.

Affected

50 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
microsoftwindows_10
microsoftwindows_10
microsoftwindows_10
microsoftwindows_10
microsoftwindows_10
microsoftwindows_10
microsoftwindows_10
microsoftwindows_10_version_1507>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1607>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1709>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1709_for_32-bit_systems>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1803>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1809>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1903_for_32-bit_systems>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1903_for_arm64-based_systems>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1903_for_x64-based_systems>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1909>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_2004>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_7>= 6.1.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_7_service_pack_1>= 6.1.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_8.1>= 6.3.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_server_2008_r2_service_pack_1>= 6.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_server_2008_r2_service_pack_1>= 6.1.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_server_2008_service_pack_2>= 6.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_server_2012

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
vendor_msrc7.8HIGH
vendor_oracle5.9MEDIUM
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