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CVE-2020-0870 Detail

Current Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Shell infrastructure component improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way in which the Shell infrastructure component handles objects in memory and preventing unintended elevation from lower integrity application.</p>


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Metrics

 
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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score matches with CNA score
CNA:  Microsoft Corporation
Base Score:  7.8 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Hyperlink Resource
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0870 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0870 Patch  Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-0870
NVD Published Date:
09/11/2020
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Microsoft Corporation