CVE-2020-1078

CVE-2020-1078

High · published May 22, 2020

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
57.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

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
0.00840 · 57.5th percentile
Published
2020-05-22T03:15Z
Affected products (20)
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_7all versions—
microsoft/windows_8.1all versions—
microsoft/windows_rt_8.1all versions—
microsoft/windows_server_2008all versions—
microsoft/windows_server_2008all versions—
microsoft/windows_server_2008all versions—
microsoft/windows_server_2012all versions—
microsoft/windows_server_2012all 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 22:53Z
    An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Installer because of the way Windows Installer handles certain filesystem operations.To exploit the…
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