Vulnerability · NVD

CVE-2020-1072

CVE-2020-1072 : medium severity (CVSS 5.5). No tracked catalog app is linked to this CVE.

Severity (CVSS): 5.5
Exploitation: 1.3 %
Tracked apps: 0
Still exposed: 0

Published on 2020-05-21

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application. The vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate user rights directly, but it could be used to obtain information that could be used to try to further compromise the affected system.
The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows kernel handles objects in memory.

Attack vector : Local No user interaction

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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS 1.27% above median percentile 68.6%

OS versions that fix this CVE

This CVE is resolved by the following OS security releases. Update the OS to at least the listed version.

Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) Fixed in -
Windows Server 2019 Fixed in -
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) Fixed in -
Windows Server 2016 Fixed in -
Windows 10 1909 · 2019-09 Fixed in -
Windows 10 1903 · 2019-03 Fixed in -
Windows 10 1809 · 2018-09 Fixed in -
Windows 10 1803 · 2018-03 Fixed in -
Windows 10 1709 · 2017-09 Fixed in -
Windows 10 1607 · 2016-07 Fixed in -

View on NVD ↗ Advisory · portal.msrc.microsoft.com

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