CVE-2020-16895Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.39%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 16
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles a process crash. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could delete a targeted file leading to an elevated status. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system. The security update addresses the vulnera

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 Packages11 packages

CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_201910.0.0publication
CVEListV5microsoft/windows_10_version_180310.0.0publication

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-rj7r-7xgg-2mrc: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles a process crash, aka 'Windows Error Reporting M2022-05-24
CVEList
Windows Error Reporting Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2020-10-16

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Windows Error Reporting Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2020-10-13

🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Unit42
Unit 42 Discovers 15 New Vulnerabilities Across Microsoft, Adobe and Apple Products2021-03-19
Unit42
Unit 42 Discovers 15 New Vulnerabilities Across Microsoft, Adobe and Apple Products2021-03-19
CVE-2020-16895 — Microsoft vulnerability | cvebase