CVE-2020-1081CWE-20

CVE-2020-1081

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 when the Windows Printer Service improperly validates file paths while loading printer drivers. An authenticated attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges.

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.

The update addresses this vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Printer Service validates file paths.

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
Weakness
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
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 when the Windows Printer Service improperly validates file paths while loading printer drivers, aka 'Windows…
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