CVE-2020-16939
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59
Link Following
Publication date:
16/10/2020
Last modified:
31/12/2023
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Group Policy improperly checks access. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.<br />
To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, and then run a specially crafted application to take control over the affected system.<br />
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Group Policy checks access.<br />
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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