vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-1272: Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jun 9, 2020 | Jun 9, 2020 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 9, 2020
Added
Jun 9, 2020
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to properly sanitize input leading to an insecure library loading behavior.A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1277, CVE-2020-1302, CVE-2020-1312.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4561649microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4561616microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4561602microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4561621microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4561608microsoft-windows-windows_10-1903-kb4560960microsoft-windows-windows_10-1909-kb4560960microsoft-windows-windows_10-2004-kb4557957microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4561674microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4561673microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4561616microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4561608msft-kb4557957-abd03b60-058d-4d8e-92d8-350e56c295admsft-kb4560960-35eeaed4-c0c0-436f-a584-b58f31a89642msft-kb4560960-ad75f2bc-0622-4a84-a93d-bb94fe8cff13msft-kb4561645-33a84b60-aa68-459f-8c82-b0ec0e7603d0msft-kb4561645-9405168a-4c68-4bfb-83ca-a15f4c9c374emsft-kb4561669-213200ca-9575-4f35-81e4-b19d61a9e4bamsft-kb4561669-5a0005ba-6430-4407-934f-03a3a5f26345msft-kb4561669-73f7aadb-bd02-4175-8265-f9bbaf0f22d2msft-kb4561669-8705c735-cea8-4ab0-9f52-7a200a211a6dmsft-kb4561669-cac41ed7-f500-4c34-8f26-3fc87b9a9d49msft-kb4561673-2abed83b-4909-457d-a57c-1850ed986c83msft-kb4561673-912dce3d-0621-4c74-91fe-e7a5f370435bmsft-kb4561674-033891fc-1d72-47e7-9c01-566ae179b26bmsft-kb4561674-e8efd911-36d9-486a-8584-1630576ce0db
References
- CVE-2020-1272
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-1272
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4557957
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4560960
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4561602
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4561608
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4561616
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4561621
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4561649
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4561673
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4561674
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