vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-1565: Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Aug 11, 2020 | Aug 11, 2020 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 11, 2020
Added
Aug 11, 2020
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the "Public Account Pictures" folder improperly handles junctions.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4571692microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4571694microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4571741microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4571709microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4565349microsoft-windows-windows_10-1903-kb4565351microsoft-windows-windows_10-1909-kb4565351microsoft-windows-windows_10-2004-kb4566782microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4571702microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4571723microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4571694microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4565349msft-kb4565351-4274f60c-bfeb-463c-9754-001689926626msft-kb4565351-79b74e87-e7f9-446e-a595-b7e944725115msft-kb4566782-912b8b41-c59a-4078-bfbf-fb69a4d8c0b3msft-kb4571702-66ebf6de-cf5f-4e3b-b54e-0a8c65fcba83msft-kb4571702-78dbaac1-754f-4c65-b12c-aaa62f7cfa56msft-kb4571723-8bf56eb8-928f-4370-9a10-9724b3c610d0msft-kb4571723-c0b15391-31e8-444f-a876-c2f0108bfcc1
References
- CVE-2020-1565
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-1565
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4565349
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4565351
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4566782
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4571692
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4571694
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4571702
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4571709
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4571723
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4571741
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