CVE-2020-16887

Windows Network Connections Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High · published October 16, 2020

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
59.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Network Connections 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 Network Connections 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
0.00917 · 59.8th percentile
Published
2020-10-16T22:17Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 22:17Z
    Windows Network Connections Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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