Description
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how win32k handles objects in memory.
Published: 2020-08-17
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: 14.2% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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Description An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how win32k handles objects in memory. An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how win32k handles objects in memory.

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Microsoft Windows 10 Windows 10 1507 Windows 10 1607 Windows 10 1803 Windows 10 1809 Windows 10 1909
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T06:39:10.480Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-1510

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-08-17T19:15:17.067

Modified: 2026-02-23T18:25:25.220

Link: CVE-2020-1510

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