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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-1417: Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-1417: Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/11/2020
Created
08/12/2020
Added
08/11/2020
Modified
09/09/2024

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1486, CVE-2020-1566.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4571741
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4571709
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4565349
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1903-kb4565351
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1909-kb4565351
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-2004-kb4566782
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4565349
  • msft-kb4565351-4274f60c-bfeb-463c-9754-001689926626
  • msft-kb4565351-79b74e87-e7f9-446e-a595-b7e944725115
  • msft-kb4566782-912b8b41-c59a-4078-bfbf-fb69a4d8c0b3

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