CVE-2020-0790

High

Description

<p>A local elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in how splwow64.exe handles certain calls. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could elevate privileges on an affected system from low-integrity to medium-integrity.</p> <p>This vulnerability by itself does not allow arbitrary code execution; however, it could allow arbitrary code to be run if the attacker uses it in combination with another vulnerability (such as a remote code execution vulnerability or another elevation of privilege vulnerability) that is capable of leveraging the elevated privileges when code execution is attempted.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring splwow64.exe properly handles these calls..</p>

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Windows
PublishedSep 11, 2020
First seenSep 11, 2020

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft windows_10No range specified, 1607, 1709, 1803, 1809, 1903, 1909, 2004—
microsoft windows_7No range specified—
microsoft windows_8.1No range specified—
microsoft windows_rt_8.1No range specified—
microsoft windows_server_2008No range specified—
microsoft windows_server_2012No range specified, r2—
microsoft windows_server_2016No range specified, 1903, 1909, 2004—
microsoft windows_server_2019No range specified—

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CVE-2020-0790 · Microsoft Windows · Dark Radar