CVE-2020-1552

Windows Work Folder Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High · published August 17, 2020

CVSS v3.1
8.0
EPSS
2%
Percentile
83.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Work Folder Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.

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

The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Windows Work Folder Service handles file operations.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.0 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02355 · 83.6th percentile
Published
2020-08-17T19:13Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 AUG 19:13Z
    Windows Work Folder Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    cvelistv5