CVE-2020-1152

Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Medium · published September 11, 2020

CVSS v3.1
5.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
48.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Win32k.sys. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system.</p>

<p>To exploit the 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 Windows handles calls to Win32k.</p>

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00603 · 48.2th percentile
Published
2020-09-11T17:09Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 SEP 17:09Z
    Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    cvelistv5