CVE-2020-1510

Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Medium · published August 17, 2020

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
5%
Percentile
91.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.

To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application.

The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how win32k handles objects in memory.

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
0.04813 · 91.9th percentile
Published
2020-08-17T19:13Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 AUG 19:13Z
    Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability
    cvelistv5