Microsoft Windows 10 vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-16936 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16936: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Service improperly handles An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Service improperly handles file operations. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting ho

CVE-2020-16973 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16973: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Service improperly handles An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Service improperly handles file operations. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting ho

CVE-2020-16908 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16908: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Setup in the way it handles directories An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Setup in the way it handles directories. A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. After successfully exploiting the vulnerability, an attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. The s

CVE-2020-16968 [HIGH] CWE-20 CVE-2020-16968: <p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Camera Codec Pack improperly handle A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Camera Codec Pack improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected syste

CVE-2020-16916 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16916: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles COM object creatio An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles COM object creation. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. 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 coul

CVE-2020-16949 [HIGH] CWE-401 CVE-2020-16949: <p>A denial of service vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook software when the software fails to A denial of service vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause a remote denial of service against a system. Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a specially crafted email be sent to a vulnerable Outlook

CVE-2020-16927 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16927: <p>A denial of service vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) when an attacker connec A denial of service vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) when an attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the RDP service on the target system to stop responding. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to run a sp

CVE-2020-16923 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16923: <p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Graphics Components handle A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Graphics Components handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on a target system. To exploit the vulnerability, a user would have to open a specially crafted file. The security update addresses the vulnerability by corre

CVE-2020-0764 [HIGH] CVE-2020-0764: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Storage Services improperly handl An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Storage Services improperly handle 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

CVE-2020-16894 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16894: <p>A denial of service vulnerability exists when Windows Network Address Translation (NAT) on a host A denial of service vulnerability exists when Windows Network Address Translation (NAT) on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause the host server to crash. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker who already has a privileged accou

CVE-2020-16902 [HIGH] CWE-269 CVE-2020-16902: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installe An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to properly sanitize input leading to an insecure library loading behavior. A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create

CVE-2020-16911 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16911: <p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Graphics Device Interfac A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) handles objects in the memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users w

CVE-2020-16907 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16907: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows kernel-mode driver fai 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 expl

CVE-2020-16895 [HIGH] CWE-755 CVE-2020-16895: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly ha 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 s

CVE-2020-1047 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1047: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Hyper-V on a host server fails to pro An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Hyper-V on a host server fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could gain elevated privileges on a target operating system. This vulnerability by itself does not allow arbitrary code to be run. However, this vulnerability could be used

CVE-2020-1243 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1243: <p>A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V on a host server fails to properl A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V on a host server fails to properly validate specific malicious data from a user on a guest operating system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker who already has a privileged account on a guest operating system, running as a virtual machine, could run a specially crafted application. The secur

CVE-2020-16905 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16905: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Error Reporting (WER) when WER handles An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Error Reporting (WER) when WER handles and executes files. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker can successfully exploit it. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain greater access to sensitive information and system functionality. To exploit the

CVE-2020-16915 [HIGH] CWE-787 CVE-2020-16915: <p>A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such as by convinc

CVE-2020-16976 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16976: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Service improperly handles An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Service improperly handles file operations. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting ho

CVE-2020-16939 [HIGH] CWE-59 CVE-2020-16939: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Group Policy improperly checks access. An att An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Group Policy improperly checks access. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, and then run a specially crafted application to take control over the affecte