CVE-2020-16901

Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Medium · published October 16, 2020

CVSS v3.1
5.0
EPSS
1%
Percentile
73.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly initializes objects in memory.</p>

<p>To exploit this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.</p>

<p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows kernel initializes objects in memory.</p>

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.0 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01455 · 73.3th percentile
Published
2020-10-16T22:17Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 22:17Z
    Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
    cvelistv5