<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles a process crash. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could delete a targeted file leading to an elevated status.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Error Reporting manager handles process crashes.</p>
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2020-10-16T22:17:39

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:34.069Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-16895

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-16T23:15:13.227

Modified: 2023-12-31T20:15:48.397

Link: CVE-2020-16895

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