CVE-2020-1034

Published Sep 11, 2020

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Kernel properly handles objects in memory.</p>
Source
secure@microsoft.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
6.8
Impact score
4.2
Exploitability score
2.5
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.2
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations