CVE-2020-1159

Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Medium · published September 11, 2020

CVSS v3.1
6.6
EPSS
1%
Percentile
53.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the StartTileData.dll handles file creation in protected locations. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.</p>

<p>To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p>

<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the StartTileData.dll properly handles this type of function.</p>

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.6 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00721 · 53.4th percentile
Published
2020-09-11T17:09Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 SEP 17:09Z
    Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    cvelistv5