CVE-2020-0672 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0668, CVE-2020-0669, CVE-2020-0670, CVE-2020-0671.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00735.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows 10 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	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_server_2016:1803:::::::*
	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_2019:-:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-2165	An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0668, CVE-2020-0669, CVE-2020-0670, CVE-2020-0671.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0672

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0064}`	epss `{'score': 0.00735}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2020-02-11T21:22:52

Updated: 2024-08-04T06:11:05.025Z

Reserved: 2019-11-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-0672

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-02-11T22:15:14.727

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:53:58.373

Link: CVE-2020-0672

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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