vulnerability

Microsoft Windows: 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
May 12, 2020
Added
Jun 9, 2020
Modified
Sep 5, 2025

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Storage Service improperly handles file operations, aka 'Windows Storage Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Solutions

microsoft-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-kb4556799-2e69bf96-184c-46b9-8937-306e23bdb930msft-kb4556799-7f570c23-239e-430c-b403-391861eae9a3
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