High · published May 22, 2020
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows kernel-mode driver fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
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 kernel-mode driver handles objects in memory.
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| microsoft/windows_10 | all versions | — |
| microsoft/windows_10 | all versions | — |
| microsoft/windows_10 | all versions | — |
| microsoft/windows_10 | all versions | — |
| microsoft/windows_10 | all versions | — |
| microsoft/windows_10 | all versions | — |
| microsoft/windows_7 | all versions | — |
| microsoft/windows_7 | all versions | — |
| microsoft/windows_8.1 | all versions | — |
| microsoft/windows_8.1 | all versions | — |
| microsoft/windows_rt_8.1 | all versions | — |
| microsoft/windows_server_2008 | all versions | — |
| microsoft/windows_server_2008 | all versions | — |
| microsoft/windows_server_2008 | all versions | — |
| microsoft/windows_server_2008 | all versions | — |
| microsoft/windows_server_2012 | all versions | — |
| microsoft/windows_server_2012 | all versions | — |
| microsoft/windows_server_2016 | all versions | — |
| microsoft/windows_server_2019 | all versions | — |