<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Shell infrastructure component improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way in which the Shell infrastructure component handles objects in memory and preventing unintended elevation from lower integrity application.</p>
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2020-09-11T17:08:25

Updated: 2024-08-04T06:18:03.449Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-0870

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-11T17:15:14.247

Modified: 2023-12-31T22:15:45.970

Link: CVE-2020-0870

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