Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-0922 - Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft products

CVSS 8.8 - HIGH

Attack vector

NETWORK

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

NONE

Confidentiality impact

HIGH

Integrity impact

HIGH

Availability impact

HIGH

network

low complexity

microsoft

NVD

Published: 2020-09-11

Updated: 2023-12-31

Summary

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft COM for Windows handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on a target system. To exploit the vulnerability, a user would have to open a specially crafted file or lure the target to a website hosting malicious JavaScript. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft COM for Windows handles objects in memory.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
OS	Microsoft Microsoft Windows 10 - Microsoft Windows 10 1607 Microsoft Windows 10 1709 Microsoft Windows 10 1803 Microsoft Windows 10 1809 Microsoft Windows 10 1903 Microsoft Windows 10 1909 Microsoft Windows 10 2004 Microsoft Windows 7 - Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 - Microsoft Windows Server 2016 - Microsoft Windows Server 2016 1903 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 1909 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 2004 Microsoft Windows RT 8.1 - Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - Microsoft Windows 8.1 - Microsoft Windows Server 2019 -	24

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0922