Description
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Runtime improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in an elevated context.</p>
<p>An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system.</p>
<p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Windows Runtime handles objects in memory.</p>
Published: 2020-09-11
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: 23.5% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Type Values Removed Values Added
Description <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Runtime improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in an elevated context.</p> <p>An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Windows Runtime handles objects in memory.</p> <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Runtime improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in an elevated context.</p> <p>An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Windows Runtime handles objects in memory.</p>

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Microsoft Windows 10 Windows 10 1803 Windows 10 1809 Windows 10 1909 Windows Server 1903 Windows Server 1909 Windows Server 2004 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T06:32:00.553Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-1303

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-11T17:15:20.213

Modified: 2026-02-23T18:24:18.480

Link: CVE-2020-1303

cve-icon Redhat

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