Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709 vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-16974 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16974: <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-2020-16972 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16972: <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-2020-16936 [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-2019-1162 [HIGH] CWE-269 CVE-2019-1162: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Advanced Loc An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC). An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the security context of the local system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with fu

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-2020-1543 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1543: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Engine improperly handles mem An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Engine improperly handles memory. 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 how the Window

CVE-2020-1536 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1536: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Engine improperly handles mem An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Engine improperly handles memory. 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 how the Window

CVE-2020-1542 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1542: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Engine improperly handles mem An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Engine improperly handles memory. 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 how the Window

CVE-2020-1537 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1537: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Remote Access improperly handles fil An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Remote Access improperly handles 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 s

CVE-2020-1551 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1551: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Engine improperly handles mem An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Engine improperly handles memory. 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 how the Window

CVE-2020-1511 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1511: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system. The security u

CVE-2020-1130 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1130: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector improp An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector improperly handles data operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system. The update addresses the

CVE-2020-1490 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1490: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Storage Service improperly handles file oper An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Storage Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on the victim system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, then run a specially crafted application. The

CVE-2020-1484 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1484: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Work Folders Service improperly hand An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Work Folders Service improperly handles memory. 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 how the

CVE-2020-1152 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1152: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Win32k.sy An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Win32k.sys. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted script or application. The update addres

CVE-2020-1577 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-1577: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when DirectWrite improperly discloses the contents of An information disclosure vulnerability exists when DirectWrite improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such as by convincing a user to open a specially crafted

CVE-2020-1552 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1552: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Work Folder Service improperly handl An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Work Folder Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system. The update addresses the vulner

CVE-2019-1045 [HIGH] CVE-2019-1045: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Network File System (NFS) An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Network File System (NFS) handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. The security update addres

CVE-2020-1491 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1491: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Function Discovery Ser An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Function Discovery Service handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. The security update addre

CVE-2020-1521 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1521: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Speech Runtime improperly handles me An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Speech Runtime improperly handles memory. 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 how the Windo