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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-1541: Windows Backup Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-1541: Windows Backup Engine 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
09/03/2024

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Engine improperly handles memory.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Backup Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1535, CVE-2020-1536, CVE-2020-1539, CVE-2020-1540, CVE-2020-1542, CVE-2020-1543, CVE-2020-1544, CVE-2020-1545, CVE-2020-1546, CVE-2020-1547, CVE-2020-1551.

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
  • msft-kb4565351-4274f60c-bfeb-463c-9754-001689926626
  • msft-kb4565351-79b74e87-e7f9-446e-a595-b7e944725115
  • msft-kb4566782-912b8b41-c59a-4078-bfbf-fb69a4d8c0b3
  • msft-kb4571719-670a205f-d483-4e65-98e1-95c5064c1e0d
  • msft-kb4571719-8542fd33-cd7f-4517-9e18-bb7a9c124557
  • msft-kb4571719-a54fc6b2-280a-4b9e-b542-7b0f7499a259
  • msft-kb4571719-a8e134c1-b2bf-4b38-9bdf-300153658fc6
  • msft-kb4571719-bd67c0b7-a0f6-4c60-8c6c-76ce8156a3fa
  • msft-kb4571723-8bf56eb8-928f-4370-9a10-9724b3c610d0
  • msft-kb4571723-c0b15391-31e8-444f-a876-c2f0108bfcc1

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