Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Kernel API improperly handles registry objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system.
A locally authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by helping to ensure that the Windows Kernel API properly handles objects in memory.
Published: 2020-08-17
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-12253 An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Kernel API improperly handles registry objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system. A locally authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by helping to ensure that the Windows Kernel API properly handles objects in memory.
History

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

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Description An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Kernel API improperly handles registry objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system. A locally authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by helping to ensure that the Windows Kernel API properly handles objects in memory. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Kernel API improperly handles registry objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system. A locally authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by helping to ensure that the Windows Kernel API properly handles objects in memory.

Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows 10 Windows 10 1507 Windows 10 1607 Windows 10 1803 Windows 10 1809 Windows 10 1909 Windows 7 Windows 8.1 Windows Rt 8.1 Windows Server 1903 Windows Server 1909 Windows Server 2004 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 Sp2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T06:32:01.249Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-1377

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-08-17T19:15:14.350

Modified: 2026-02-23T18:24:50.383

Link: CVE-2020-1377

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