CVE-2020-1303

Windows Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Medium · published September 11, 2020

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
4%
Percentile
91.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Runtime improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in an elevated context.</p>

<p>An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system.</p>

<p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Windows Runtime handles objects in memory.</p>

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.04256 · 91.0th percentile
Published
2020-09-11T17:09Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 SEP 17:09Z
    Windows Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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