CVE-2020-1490
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
17/08/2020
Last modified:
23/02/2026
Description
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.<br />
To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, then run a specially crafted application.<br />
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Storage Services handles file operations.
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_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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