Microsoft Windows Server 2008 vulnerabilities

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-2020-16924 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16924: <p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Jet Database Engine improperly hand 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 vulnerabi

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-2020-16923 [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-2020-16902 [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-2020-16976 [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

CVE-2020-16863 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16863: <p>A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows Remote Desktop Service when an attacker conne A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows Remote Desktop Service 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 Remote Desktop Service on the target system to stop responding. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need

CVE-2020-16933 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16933: <p>A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word software when it fails to proper A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word software when it fails to properly handle .LNK files. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use a specially crafted file to perform actions in the security context of the current user. For example, the file could then take actions on behalf of the logged-on user with the

CVE-2020-16935 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16935: <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-2020-16897 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-16897: <p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when NetBIOS over TCP (NBT) Extensions (NetBT) imp An information disclosure vulnerability exists when NetBIOS over TCP (NBT) Extensions (NetBT) improperly handle 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 run a specially crafted application. The vulnerabi

CVE-2020-16940 [MEDIUM] CWE-269 CVE-2020-16940: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows User Profile Service (ProfSvc) im An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows User Profile Service (ProfSvc) improperly handles junction points. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could delete files and folders in an elevated context. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then

CVE-2020-16889 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-16889: <p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows KernelStream improperly handles o An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows KernelStream 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 on to an affected system and run a specially crafted applic

CVE-2020-16914 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-16914: <p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Graphics Device Interf An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Graphics Device Interface Plus (GDI+) handles objects in memory, allowing an attacker to retrieve information from a targeted system. By itself, the information disclosure does not allow arbitrary code execution; however, it could allow arbitrary code to be run if the attacker uses i

CVE-2020-16922 [MEDIUM] CWE-347 CVE-2020-16922: <p>A spoofing vulnerability exists when Windows incorrectly validates file signatures. An attacker w 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 addr

CVE-2020-1285 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1285: <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 who

CVE-2020-1252 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1252: <p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles objects in memory. T A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles objects in memory. To exploit the vulnerability an attacker would have to convince a user to run a specially crafted application. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code and take control of an affected system. An attacker could then instal

CVE-2020-1031 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1031: <p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Server DHCP service im An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Server DHCP service improperly discloses the contents of its memory. To exploit the vulnerability, an unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted packet to an affected DHCP server. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further c

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