CVE-2020-16902

Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High · published October 16, 2020

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
60.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to properly sanitize input leading to an insecure library loading behavior.</p>

<p>A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.</p>

<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the input sanitization error to preclude unintended elevation.</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
0.00941 · 60.6th percentile
Published
2020-10-16T22:17Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 22:17Z
    Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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