CVE-2020-1590

Published Sep 11, 2020

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on the victim system.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, then run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service handles file operations.</p>
Source
secure@microsoft.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
6.6
Impact score
4.7
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
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