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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-1488: Windows AppX Deployment Extensions Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-1488: Windows AppX Deployment Extensions Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/11/2020
Created
08/12/2020
Added
08/11/2020
Modified
09/24/2024

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows AppX Deployment Extensions improperly performs privilege management, resulting in access to system files.To exploit this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how AppX Deployment Extensions manages privileges., aka 'Windows AppX Deployment Extensions Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4571692
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4571694
  • 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_2012-kb4571702
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4571723
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4571694
  • 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
  • msft-kb4571702-66ebf6de-cf5f-4e3b-b54e-0a8c65fcba83
  • msft-kb4571702-78dbaac1-754f-4c65-b12c-aaa62f7cfa56
  • msft-kb4571723-8bf56eb8-928f-4370-9a10-9724b3c610d0
  • msft-kb4571723-c0b15391-31e8-444f-a876-c2f0108bfcc1

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