CVE-2020-16889Sensitive Information Exposure in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 26.49%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 16
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows KernelStream improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application. The vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate user rights directly, but it could be used to obtain infor

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages24 packages

CVEListV5microsoft/windows_76.1.0publication

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-wq6w-xxcw-2ccm: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows KernelStream improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows KernelStream Informati2022-05-24
CVEList
Windows KernelStream Information Disclosure Vulnerability2020-10-16

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Windows KernelStream Information Disclosure Vulnerability2020-10-13
CVE-2020-16889 — Sensitive Information Exposure | cvebase