<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows kernel image 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 kernel image properly handles objects in memory.</p>

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-8850 <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows kernel image 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 kernel image properly handles objects in memory.</p>
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:34.746Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-16892

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-16T23:15:13.087

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:07:20.190

Link: CVE-2020-16892

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