CVE-2020-1553

Windows Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

published August 17, 2020

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
54.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

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 Runtime handles objects in memory.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00738 · 54.1th percentile
Published
2020-08-17T19:13Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 AUG 19:13Z
    Windows Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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