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Microsoft CVE-2020-1162: Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft CVE-2020-1162: Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/09/2020
Created
06/10/2020
Added
06/09/2020
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

An elevation of privilege (user to user) vulnerability exists in Windows Security Health Service when handling certain objects in memory. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted command that could exploit the vulnerability to elevate privileges. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Security Health Service handles certain objects in memory.

Solution(s)

  • msft-kb4557957-1d389709-3ebf-466c-9ae0-56356b3c6882
  • msft-kb4557957-abd03b60-058d-4d8e-92d8-350e56c295ad
  • msft-kb4557957-f18232ec-32dc-4501-9fc5-4a1f742f5b8b
  • msft-kb4560960-146e8d80-9400-4544-91a3-2c0ba3090008
  • msft-kb4560960-35eeaed4-c0c0-436f-a584-b58f31a89642
  • msft-kb4560960-84317d28-cfd1-423f-b595-42a0edfea424
  • msft-kb4560960-9d36f751-6a0e-462b-84bb-be43f3adeaba
  • msft-kb4560960-ad75f2bc-0622-4a84-a93d-bb94fe8cff13
  • msft-kb4560960-b30320db-3a33-48db-96e4-59386e6c5969
  • msft-kb4561602-0c094dcc-a16d-4601-834f-14456da2b4cd
  • msft-kb4561602-255a73f8-063c-48e7-b8f2-2a155d548e39
  • msft-kb4561608-45035942-d1b4-4c61-a5b4-863ec61192aa
  • msft-kb4561608-be65554b-cb1d-4c12-b469-e29881c33274
  • msft-kb4561608-d3f9ac63-dde5-4cda-ac6e-9c0677f2f3cc
  • msft-kb4561621-98966738-ca71-4887-931e-a6acb9e707b6
  • msft-kb4561621-bdd672a3-c965-4b65-b6f9-75584e19299b
  • msft-kb4570333-0e3dc4b3-4757-43e3-a5d4-bf64c1856363
  • msft-kb4570333-29c3870f-41e5-4b7e-9359-08711b8ad66e
  • msft-kb4570333-739f0c41-56d7-4c6d-b281-ae8cddd515e5
  • msft-kb4574727-0eef97a6-edd8-47e9-b6c7-d2f66afcc6a1
  • msft-kb4574727-12d4f3e2-1a12-4563-978b-96b1b621df36
  • msft-kb4574727-1cbef2ba-180c-4af6-952c-677aa11a5779
  • msft-kb4574727-48c91ab8-33a2-4dc3-96b2-9d75dc6c1f78
  • msft-kb4574727-a14ba9ee-0c81-47f9-bbd2-cf987fbbf948
  • msft-kb4574727-f7018f14-f8b1-44e1-97a3-9eb35850608b

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