Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-1256 - Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft products

CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM

Attack vector

LOCAL

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

NONE

Confidentiality impact

HIGH

Integrity impact

NONE

Availability impact

NONE

local

low complexity

microsoft

NVD

Published: 2020-09-11

Updated: 2023-12-31

Summary

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows GDI component improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such as by convincing a user to open a specially crafted document, or by convincing a user to visit an untrusted webpage. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows GDI component handles objects in memory.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
OS	Microsoft Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 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 2004 Microsoft Windows 8.1 - Microsoft Windows Server 2016 - Microsoft Windows Server 2016 1903 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 2004 Microsoft Windows 7 - Microsoft Windows RT 8.1 - Microsoft Windows Server 2019 -	17

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1256