CVE-2020-1571

Windows Setup Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High · published August 17, 2020

CVSS v3.1
7.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
64.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Setup in the way it handles permissions.

A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. After successfully exploiting the vulnerability, an attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring Windows Setup properly handles permissions.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.3 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01076 · 64.7th percentile
Published
2020-08-17T19:13Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 AUG 19:13Z
    Windows Setup Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    cvelistv5