vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-1070: Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | May 12, 2020 | Jun 9, 2020 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 12, 2020
Added
Jun 9, 2020
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Print Spooler service improperly allows arbitrary writing to the file system, aka 'Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1048.
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_2012-kb4556852microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4556853microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4556813microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4551853msft-kb4556799-2e69bf96-184c-46b9-8937-306e23bdb930msft-kb4556799-7f570c23-239e-430c-b403-391861eae9a3msft-kb4556843-18ba7a1f-f3d5-4939-83fa-64f96dd1eeefmsft-kb4556843-9814f135-936f-4ad1-aed5-17b04b171ad3msft-kb4556843-a42409fa-d080-4ad0-87a2-e8f2720c3106msft-kb4556843-f8a7bc32-9e4e-487d-84fa-6a54b2bf9b18msft-kb4556843-f9c55547-ccbd-43a7-879f-ba43e8f87a26msft-kb4556852-b1ad1cae-3e60-45f4-807e-20d602effdc7msft-kb4556852-db559421-c2a0-4db9-8f01-d0095d20dd9fmsft-kb4556853-e37bb647-80a1-4ec3-8908-fbe83547cafemsft-kb4556853-fed44027-6e0b-43e8-a358-788e4b27879fmsft-kb4556854-66f02eb5-75fc-44ac-abbd-33c423b2eb72msft-kb4556854-ee5e91bb-be4b-4cde-af59-81477f953897
References
- CVE-2020-1070
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-1070
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4551853
- 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
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4556852
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4556853
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