Description
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the StartTileData.dll handles file creation in protected locations. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.</p>
<p>To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the StartTileData.dll properly handles this type of function.</p>
Published: 2020-09-11
Score: 6.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-12043 <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the StartTileData.dll handles file creation in protected locations. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the StartTileData.dll properly handles this type of function.</p>
History

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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Description <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the StartTileData.dll handles file creation in protected locations. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the StartTileData.dll properly handles this type of function.</p> <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the StartTileData.dll handles file creation in protected locations. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the StartTileData.dll properly handles this type of function.</p>

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Microsoft Windows 10 Windows 10 1809 Windows 10 1909 Windows Server 1903 Windows Server 1909 Windows Server 2004 Windows Server 2016
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T06:25:01.215Z

Reserved: 2019-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-1159

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-11T17:15:19.247

Modified: 2026-02-23T18:23:47.010

Link: CVE-2020-1159

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