CVE Published: 17/08/2020 |
CVE Updated: 04/08/2024 |
CVE Year: 2020 Source: microsoft |
Vendor: Microsoft |
Product: Windows 10 Version 1803 Status : PUBLISHED
CVE-2020-1377 Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Kernel API improperly handles registry objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system.
A locally authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by helping to ensure that the Windows Kernel API properly handles objects in memory.
Metrics
CVSS Version: 3.1 |
Base Score: 7.8 HIGH Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C