<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Network Connections Service handles objects in memory. 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 Windows Network Connections Service properly handles objects in memory.</p>
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2020-10-16T22:17:36

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:34.376Z

Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-16887

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-16T23:15:12.867

Modified: 2023-12-31T20:15:47.230

Link: CVE-2020-16887

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