Vulnerability · NVD

CVE-2020-1078

CVE-2020-1078 : high severity (CVSS 7.8). No tracked catalog app is linked to this CVE.

Severity (CVSS): 7.8
Exploitation: 0.8 %
Tracked apps: 0
Still exposed: 0

Published on 2020-05-21

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Installer because of the way Windows Installer handles certain filesystem operations.
To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would require unprivileged execution on the victim system. After successfully exploiting the vulnerability, an attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way Windows Installer handles certain filesystem operations.

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:H/A:H

EPSS 0.83% above median percentile 55.8%

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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