CVE-2020-1541

Published Aug 17, 2020

Last updated 10 months ago

CVSS high 7.8

Overview

Description: 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 Windows Backup Engine handles memory.
Source: secure@microsoft.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.6
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

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Overview

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

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Configurations

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