Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709 vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-1561 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1561: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Graphics Components handle ob 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 correct

CVE-2020-1566 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1566: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle obje 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, a

CVE-2020-1587 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1587: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSoc An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock 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 c

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-2020-1585 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1585: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Windows Codecs Library handle A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Windows Codecs Library handles objects in 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. Exploitation of the vuln

CVE-2020-1558 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1558: A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Jet Database Engine improperly handles A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Jet Database Engine improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on a victim system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim to open a specially crafted file. The update addresses the vulnerabili

CVE-2020-1539 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1539: 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-2020-1519 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1519: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows UPnP Device Host improperly handles An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows UPnP Device Host 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 Wind

CVE-2020-1337 [HIGH] CWE-367 CVE-2020-1337: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Print Spooler service improperly all An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Print Spooler service improperly allows arbitrary writing to the file system. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts wit

CVE-2020-1557 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1557: A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Jet Database Engine improperly handles A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Jet Database Engine improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on a victim system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim to open a specially crafted file. The update addresses the vulnerabili

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-2020-1486 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1486: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle obje 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, a

CVE-2020-1487 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-1487: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Media Foundation improperly handles objects in m An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log onto an affected system and open a specially crafted file. In a web-b

CVE-2020-1464 [MEDIUM] CWE-347 CVE-2020-1464: A spoofing vulnerability exists when Windows incorrectly validates file signatures. An attacker who A spoofing vulnerability exists when Windows incorrectly validates file signatures. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass security features and load improperly signed files. In an attack scenario, an attacker could bypass security features intended to prevent improperly signed files from being loaded. The update address

CVE-2020-1512 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-1512: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows State Repository Service improperly An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows State Repository Service improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system. T

CVE-2020-1485 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-1485: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Service impr An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Service improperly discloses contents of its memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could connect an imaging device (camera,

CVE-2020-1474 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-1474: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Service impr An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Service improperly discloses contents of its memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could connect an imaging device (camera,

CVE-2020-1383 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-1383: An information disclosure vulnerability exists in RPC if the server has Routing and Remote Access en An information disclosure vulnerability exists in RPC if the server has Routing and Remote Access enabled. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to run a specially crafted application against an RPC server which has Routin

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-2020-1510 [MEDIUM] CWE-200 CVE-2020-1510: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted appl