CVE-2020-1068

CVE-2020-1068

High · published May 22, 2020

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
60.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Media Service that allows file creation in arbitrary locations.

To exploit the 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.

The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Media Service handles file creation.

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
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00952 · 60.9th percentile
Published
2020-05-22T03:15Z
Affected products (12)
ProductVersionsFixed in
microsoft/windows_10all versions—
microsoft/windows_10all versions—
microsoft/windows_10all versions—
microsoft/windows_10all versions—
microsoft/windows_10all versions—
microsoft/windows_10all versions—
microsoft/windows_10all versions—
microsoft/windows_server_2016all versions—
microsoft/windows_server_2016all versions—
microsoft/windows_server_2016all versions—
microsoft/windows_server_2016all versions—
microsoft/windows_server_2019all versions—
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 MAY 22:52Z
    An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Media Service that allows file creation in arbitrary locations.To exploit the vulnerability, an…
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