vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-0642: Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jan 14, 2020 | Jan 14, 2020 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 14, 2020
Added
Jan 14, 2020
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0624.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4534306microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4534271microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4534276microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4534293microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4534273microsoft-windows-windows_10-1903-kb4528760microsoft-windows-windows_10-1909-kb4528760microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4534288microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4534309microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4534271microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4534273msft-kb4528760-19558abd-f6b7-4b01-880a-e1ef9790a793msft-kb4528760-8fc18280-6925-4bd4-91c1-9c0f69b91e2emsft-kb4534288-60fdd399-c642-49bd-8045-bcc30dc79d24msft-kb4534288-8ff25beb-1a46-416e-84c9-6a73282c8d93msft-kb4534309-2ef7ef9a-c4eb-4924-8cb3-f3bbe13a9d50msft-kb4534309-62ef4743-59c1-442d-8ce7-2cb177a48ec8msft-kb4534312-016dd229-029e-43f0-a78b-32fb22ebdf4bmsft-kb4534312-118d15f4-f255-4ab3-9310-7807f39cd2a4msft-kb4534312-482bd4d2-8c58-4c27-9c8d-0532dfc96025msft-kb4534314-09b81893-b7a1-47cb-8ab7-fd5d97b6ce0bmsft-kb4534314-23f9859b-700a-4c52-9c9b-7936f5fb244cmsft-kb4534314-41c03141-148c-49ac-a37e-62501ee036b2msft-kb4534314-960e7ac2-a649-4648-8079-192bebcf1c98msft-kb4534314-9866fb4d-a1bb-4d5c-ab2d-a19c9b1596ccmsft-kb4534314-991e3b2c-837d-40d7-b669-ab86440496b4
References
- CVE-2020-0642
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-0642
- CWE-416
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4528760
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4534271
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4534273
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4534276
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4534288
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4534293
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4534306
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4534309
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