vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-0986: Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jun 9, 2020 | Jun 9, 2020 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 9, 2020
Added
Jun 9, 2020
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1237, CVE-2020-1246, CVE-2020-1262, CVE-2020-1264, CVE-2020-1266, CVE-2020-1269, CVE-2020-1273, CVE-2020-1274, CVE-2020-1275, CVE-2020-1276, CVE-2020-1307, CVE-2020-1316.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4561649microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4561616microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4561602microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4561621microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4561608microsoft-windows-windows_10-1903-kb4556799microsoft-windows-windows_10-1903-kb4560960microsoft-windows-windows_10-1909-kb4556799microsoft-windows-windows_10-1909-kb4560960microsoft-windows-windows_10-2004-kb4557957microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4561674microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4561673microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4561616microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4561608msft-kb4556799-2e69bf96-184c-46b9-8937-306e23bdb930msft-kb4556799-7f570c23-239e-430c-b403-391861eae9a3msft-kb4557957-abd03b60-058d-4d8e-92d8-350e56c295admsft-kb4560960-35eeaed4-c0c0-436f-a584-b58f31a89642msft-kb4560960-ad75f2bc-0622-4a84-a93d-bb94fe8cff13msft-kb4561673-2abed83b-4909-457d-a57c-1850ed986c83msft-kb4561673-912dce3d-0621-4c74-91fe-e7a5f370435bmsft-kb4561674-033891fc-1d72-47e7-9c01-566ae179b26bmsft-kb4561674-e8efd911-36d9-486a-8584-1630576ce0db
References
Rapid7 Labs
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