CVE-2020-1490

EUVD-2020-12364
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Storage Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on the victim system.
To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, then run a specially crafted application.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Storage Services handles file 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: 58%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
microsoftwindows_10
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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)
2004 (arm64, x64, x86)
Windows Server
1903 Server Core
1909 Server Core
2004 Server Core
Windows Server 2016
Server Core
Standard
Windows Server 2019
Server Core
Standard