Microsoft CVE-2020-16939: Group Policy Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Group Policy improperly checks access. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, and then run a specially crafted application to take control over the affected system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Group Policy checks access.
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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