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Microsoft CVE-2020-16887: Windows Network Connections Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft CVE-2020-16887: Windows Network Connections Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/13/2020
Created
10/14/2020
Added
10/13/2020
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Network Connections Service handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Network Connections Service properly handles objects in memory.

Solution(s)

  • msft-kb4577668-79a95e38-d1bc-434b-8a49-eb0e05941333
  • msft-kb4577668-965a8ede-1eb7-46d6-83a6-7246ea98aae0
  • msft-kb4577668-b815915f-3e4f-46ae-adc9-b90cd4b04100
  • msft-kb4577671-4bc3ccc3-fcb0-4bbd-a2a5-cbbd40369d41
  • msft-kb4577671-60a68333-26ce-47b6-9254-89d69caedfdf
  • msft-kb4577671-a4f7dcc3-65f1-4a75-8635-ea596100c299
  • msft-kb4577671-c4223a46-1f35-41d8-ac8e-d2772d017f90
  • msft-kb4577671-c42dc613-fb5b-4c45-925c-4f508584a635
  • msft-kb4577671-ddbf4c81-6ca7-4986-999e-9275ef508017
  • msft-kb4579311-d5cbc800-cb34-49c3-bde8-aa2f0ee05b2e
  • msft-kb4579311-e9f0550d-b150-4eeb-bf5e-1a08b117e7af
  • msft-kb4579311-fa30a6bc-24ef-47b0-a6fa-d7971053e058
  • msft-kb4580327-b12a0c5e-6811-4f83-aa52-963c9a1b7122
  • msft-kb4580327-b4113e8c-1aae-4018-b2a1-765dd1bcd9d2
  • msft-kb4580328-ebb00bd7-bff6-4567-8b7c-300728513137
  • msft-kb4580328-f01aa891-eec2-4390-9974-dc226f4d6bf4
  • msft-kb4580330-c2c988c8-cbbe-4a10-a26f-365b656443f3
  • msft-kb4580330-fc2b1c51-dad6-4170-ba4d-85c43ed047d1
  • msft-kb4580346-9b324858-4775-435e-b63f-a21d81976473
  • msft-kb4580346-a33fefeb-b078-4cde-b9b9-f3473007bef2
  • msft-kb4580346-d0112564-f9f1-4bc0-a077-6510a9918638
  • msft-kb4580353-3e254f1d-7bf3-4f94-8817-a6eb0accedc0
  • msft-kb4580353-44fd2306-a708-4f52-ab50-b4cad9d98954
  • msft-kb4580353-59e7e42c-6434-4e0a-bd9f-b504d629f516
  • msft-kb4580358-12cf7c4b-339c-47dc-a087-73a7a0dedf6f
  • msft-kb4580358-ecb5ba66-abc4-450c-b228-5e6640687217
  • msft-kb4580358-ef30fd6b-8580-4ec5-9190-5cdb4b02f438
  • msft-kb4580385-47dabaa8-438f-49e7-9c31-2d481515c893
  • msft-kb4580385-9f71bd2c-88f2-4c58-b86f-dd0b9b03cfe7
  • msft-kb4580387-08d6fc97-597d-4b5b-8422-f4b57817b1c1
  • msft-kb4580387-1473a3e5-0aa3-43a1-b213-cf3151e2c15e
  • msft-kb4580387-5cef288f-a4e4-4cb7-86e0-ef3c89b43ced
  • msft-kb4580387-e92e01a4-761c-41f6-a9f6-5853bb7885c9
  • msft-kb4580387-fc890b9e-e1d1-43af-b7f8-d42201cd24aa

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