vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-16902: Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Oct 13, 2020 | Oct 13, 2020 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 13, 2020
Added
Oct 13, 2020
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to properly sanitize input leading to an insecure library loading behavior.A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4580327microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4580346microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4580328microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4580330microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4577668microsoft-windows-windows_10-1903-kb4577671microsoft-windows-windows_10-1909-kb4577671microsoft-windows-windows_10-2004-kb4579311microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4580353microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4580358microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4580346microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4577668msft-kb4577671-c42dc613-fb5b-4c45-925c-4f508584a635msft-kb4577671-ddbf4c81-6ca7-4986-999e-9275ef508017msft-kb4579311-e9f0550d-b150-4eeb-bf5e-1a08b117e7afmsft-kb4580353-3e254f1d-7bf3-4f94-8817-a6eb0accedc0msft-kb4580353-59e7e42c-6434-4e0a-bd9f-b504d629f516msft-kb4580358-12cf7c4b-339c-47dc-a087-73a7a0dedf6fmsft-kb4580358-ef30fd6b-8580-4ec5-9190-5cdb4b02f438msft-kb4580385-47dabaa8-438f-49e7-9c31-2d481515c893msft-kb4580385-9f71bd2c-88f2-4c58-b86f-dd0b9b03cfe7msft-kb4580387-08d6fc97-597d-4b5b-8422-f4b57817b1c1msft-kb4580387-1473a3e5-0aa3-43a1-b213-cf3151e2c15emsft-kb4580387-5cef288f-a4e4-4cb7-86e0-ef3c89b43cedmsft-kb4580387-e92e01a4-761c-41f6-a9f6-5853bb7885c9msft-kb4580387-fc890b9e-e1d1-43af-b7f8-d42201cd24aa
References
Rapid7 Labs
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