vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-1064: MSHTML Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | May 12, 2020 | Jun 9, 2020 | Sep 10, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 12, 2020
Added
Jun 9, 2020
Modified
Sep 10, 2025
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the MSHTML engine improperly validates input.An attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, aka 'MSHTML Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
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-kb4556798-18d81a2c-e7f5-43ef-ab5a-3a0ff1868554msft-kb4556798-4321a504-4587-40a8-9a43-e9d0a88688b4msft-kb4556798-66f2239e-1065-49d0-8004-dc19afd23516msft-kb4556798-83663fc1-2b6e-4abd-8636-ab39d51ce296msft-kb4556798-a1158709-a547-49db-ac2e-4e8befc7ad7bmsft-kb4556798-b18e9f5b-f618-4518-b826-80d45f0d00a1msft-kb4556798-c112e144-0c95-4fbc-8eb6-6ac7452f3b24msft-kb4556798-c71512ea-afaf-4e2e-9c05-3293bb3f5e51msft-kb4556798-d4720500-a5ba-42b6-a5cb-6d5a4972cd90msft-kb4556798-df15b9a1-39bd-435f-b61f-a5989e43fac7msft-kb4556798-e1b61e8a-b601-4459-b43f-6be93302c115msft-kb4556799-2e69bf96-184c-46b9-8937-306e23bdb930msft-kb4556799-7f570c23-239e-430c-b403-391861eae9a3
References
- CVE-2020-1064
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-1064
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4551853
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4556798
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4556799
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4556807
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4556812
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4556813
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4556826
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