CVE-2020-1030

Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High · published September 11, 2020

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
65.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Print Spooler service improperly allows arbitrary writing to the file system. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.</p>

<p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted script or application.</p>

<p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Print Spooler Component writes to the file system.</p>

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01098 · 65.4th percentile
Published
2020-09-11T17:08Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 SEP 17:08Z
    Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    cvelistv5