vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-1078: Windows Installer 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 Installer because of the way Windows Installer handles certain filesystem operations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would require unprivileged execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege 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_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-2020-1078
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-1078
- 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
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4556852
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4556853
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