Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-1152 - Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft products

CVSS 5.8 - MEDIUM

Attack vector

LOCAL

Attack complexity

HIGH

Privileges required

LOW

Confidentiality impact

HIGH

Integrity impact

LOW

Availability impact

LOW

local

high complexity

microsoft

NVD

Published: 2020-09-11

Updated: 2023-12-31

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Win32k.sys. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted script or application. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles calls to Win32k.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
OS	Microsoft Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 - Microsoft Windows 10 1607 Microsoft Windows 10 - 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 8.1 - 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 2019 -	17

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1152