vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-0679: Windows Function Discovery Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Feb 11, 2020 | Feb 11, 2020 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 11, 2020
Added
Feb 11, 2020
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Function Discovery Service handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Function Discovery Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0680, CVE-2020-0682.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4537776microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4537764microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4537789microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4537762microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4532691microsoft-windows-windows_10-1903-kb4532693microsoft-windows-windows_10-1909-kb4532693microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4537794microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4537803microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4537764microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4532691msft-kb4532693-a9b1a21b-4d78-4445-a122-0920a6bed52amsft-kb4532693-bb723d9d-43f9-41c3-ac36-25a6146ee6e3msft-kb4537794-568a5fd6-48c6-43f9-9ba0-2623e21003a0msft-kb4537794-8ae8ed3e-0077-405b-8f55-4f7c6a13238cmsft-kb4537803-14ae1eab-47ad-4f74-82ee-b2f75e6a258emsft-kb4537803-abdc886d-fd3f-4006-9344-8497d4e85cbd
References
- CVE-2020-0679
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-0679
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4532691
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4532693
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4537762
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4537764
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4537776
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4537789
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4537794
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4537803
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