CVE-2020-1078

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Installer because of the way Windows Installer handles certain filesystem operations.
To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would require unprivileged execution on the victim system. After successfully exploiting the vulnerability, an attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. 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 correcting the way Windows Installer handles certain filesystem operations.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 54.58%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
microsoftwindows_10
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microsoftwindows_7
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microsoftwindows_8.1
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microsoftwindows_rt_8.1
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microsoftwindows_server_2008
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microsoftwindows_server_2012
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microsoftwindows_server_2016
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microsoftwindows_server_2019
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= Vulnerable software versions
Windows Releases
Platform
Version
Windows 10
(x64, x86)
1607 (x64, x86)
1709 (arm64, x64, x86)
1803 (arm64, x64, x86)
1809 (arm64, x64, x86)
1903 (arm64, x64, x86)
1909 (arm64, x64, x86)
Windows 7
Service Pack 1 (x64, x86)
Windows 8.1
(x64, x86)
Windows RT 8.1
All
Windows Server
1803 Server Core
1903 Server Core
1909 Server Core
Windows Server 2008
Service Pack 2 (x64, x86)
Service Pack 2 Server Core (x64, x86)
Windows Server 2008 R2
Service Pack 1 (x64)
Service Pack 1 Server Core (x64)
Windows Server 2012
Server Core
Standard
Windows Server 2012 R2
Server Core
Standard
Windows Server 2016
Server Core
Standard
Windows Server 2019
Server Core
Standard