CVE-2020-16885

Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.3%
top 42.87%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 16
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Storage VSP Driver improperly handles 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 VSP Driver properly handles file operations.

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 Packages14 packages

CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_201610.0.0publication
CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_201910.0.0publication
CVEListV5microsoft/windows_10_version_160710.0.0publication

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-gwr6-6x8h-4mjq: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Storage VSP Driver improperly handles file operations, aka 'Windows Storage VSP Driver2022-05-24
CVEList
Windows Storage VSP Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2020-10-16

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Windows Storage VSP Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2020-10-13