CVE-2020-16890

4 documents4 sources

Severity

7.8HIGH

EPSS

0.5%

top 32.40%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709 Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709 FOR 32-bit Systems Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803 +11 more

Timeline

PublishedOct 16

Latest updateMay 24

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application to take control of an aff…

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_10_version_1709_for_32-bit_systems10.0.0 — publication

▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_10_version_1903_for_32-bit_systems10.0.0 — publication

▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_10_version_1903_for_x64-based_systems10.0.0 — publication

▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_10_version_1903_for_arm64-based_systems10.0.0 — publication

▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_2019_(server_core_installation)10.0.0 — publication

Patches

Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com ↗Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-m2cc-qv47-86r8: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Pr↗2022-05-24

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CVEList

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability↗2020-10-16

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📋Vendor Advisories

Microsoft

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability↗2020-10-13

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