Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 vulnerabilities

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-2020-16923 [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-2020-16939 [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-2020-16935 [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-2020-1559 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1559: <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-2020-0922 [HIGH] CVE-2020-0922: <p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft COM for Windows handles ob A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft COM for Windows handles 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 or lure the target to a website hosting malicious JavaScript.

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-2020-0911 [HIGH] CVE-2020-0911: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Modules Installer improperly handles An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Modules Installer improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code 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-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

CVE-2020-0838 [HIGH] CVE-2020-0838: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when NTFS improperly checks access. An attacker wh An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when NTFS 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 affected system. The sec

CVE-2020-1593 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1593: <p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Media Audio Decoder improperly handles A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Media Audio Decoder improperly handles objects. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected system. There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such as by convincing a user to open a specially crafted document, or by convincing a user

CVE-2020-0761 [HIGH] CVE-2020-0761: <p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Active Directory integrated DNS (ADIDNS) mishan A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Active Directory integrated DNS (ADIDNS) mishandles objects in memory. An authenticated attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the Local System Account To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could send malicious requests to an Active Dire