CVE-2020-16939

Group Policy Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High · published October 16, 2020

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
2%
Percentile
84.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Group Policy improperly checks access. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.</p>

<p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, and then run a specially crafted application to take control over the affected system.</p>

<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Group Policy checks access.</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
0.02417 · 84.0th percentile
Published
2020-10-16T22:17Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 22:17Z
    Group Policy Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    cvelistv5