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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-1064: MSHTML Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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

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