vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-1021: Windows Error Reporting Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | May 12, 2020 | Jun 9, 2020 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 12, 2020
Added
Jun 9, 2020
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Error Reporting (WER) when WER handles and executes files, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1082, CVE-2020-1088.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4556826microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4556813microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4556812microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4556807microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4551853microsoft-windows-windows_10-1903-kb4556799microsoft-windows-windows_10-1909-kb4556799microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4556813microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4551853msft-kb4556799-2e69bf96-184c-46b9-8937-306e23bdb930msft-kb4556799-7f570c23-239e-430c-b403-391861eae9a3
References
- CVE-2020-1021
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-1021
- CWE-362
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4551853
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4556799
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4556807
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4556812
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4556813
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4556826
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