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Microsoft CVE-2020-1138: Windows Storage Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft CVE-2020-1138: Windows Storage Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/12/2020
Created
05/13/2020
Added
06/09/2020
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Storage Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on the victim system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, then run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Storage Services handles file operations.

Solution(s)

  • msft-kb4551853-1d25cfb0-31f1-48b4-ac45-99d819a32ab7
  • msft-kb4551853-cce9dd88-2595-4168-a0ae-814612863f2b
  • msft-kb4551853-d8c58f30-4d7d-4aff-9e93-6ff2ae128f13
  • msft-kb4556799-0f2d06b0-3738-472e-8275-991c5394c2f1
  • msft-kb4556799-2e69bf96-184c-46b9-8937-306e23bdb930
  • msft-kb4556799-7f570c23-239e-430c-b403-391861eae9a3
  • msft-kb4556799-80497d7a-0a69-4f9e-805d-a8fa302967a6
  • msft-kb4556799-92289747-4a2a-48fa-9fa7-307f2f5dbcaf
  • msft-kb4556799-94cb3319-c037-4529-8187-81eaa6eaa6cd
  • msft-kb4556807-667b6b79-dad1-4ca7-9e1b-316c1ab3b620
  • msft-kb4556807-cc1b2352-a313-434e-97d9-4d5af44ebe22
  • msft-kb4556812-5bb8e7e7-a95f-4bb7-b741-1060639b133d
  • msft-kb4556812-9210cc51-b6e2-4474-999e-1b1a1de3d6dd
  • msft-kb4556813-74a79eb6-46b3-4013-a548-1c6eb7b716c4
  • msft-kb4556813-c1e8e102-1514-4e96-92fa-7175ddced36f
  • msft-kb4556813-dd423833-a95c-426e-8eb1-8105e698d2c2

References

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