<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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: 2020-09-11T17:08:58
Updated: 2024-08-04T06:25:01.095Z
Reserved: 2019-11-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-1098
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-09-11T17:15:18.777
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:09:44.637
Link: CVE-2020-1098
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