CVE-2020-1491

Windows Function Discovery Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High · published September 11, 2020

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
60.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Function Discovery Service handles objects in memory. 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 Windows Function Discovery Service properly handles objects in memory.</p>

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/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00931 · 60.3th percentile
Published
2020-09-11T17:09Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 SEP 17:09Z
    Windows Function Discovery Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    cvelistv5