CVE-2020-16907Improper Privilege Management in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709

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 in Windows when the Windows kernel-mode driver 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 th

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 Packages13 packages

CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_201910.0.0publication

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-3c69-6w5j-4xrh: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows kernel-mode driver fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Win32k2022-05-24
CVEList
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2020-10-16

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2020-10-13
CVE-2020-16907 — Improper Privilege Management | cvebase