CVE-2020-0941

Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Medium · published September 11, 2020

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
66.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.</p>

<p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to either log on locally to an affected system, or convince a locally authenticated user to execute a specially crafted application.</p>

<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how win32k handles objects in memory.</p>

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01129 · 66.1th percentile
Published
2020-09-11T17:08Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 SEP 17:08Z
    Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability
    cvelistv5