<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Error Reporting (WER) when WER handles and executes files. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker can successfully exploit it.</p> <p>An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain greater access to sensitive information and system functionality. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way that WER handles and executes files.</p>
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2020-10-16T22:17:44

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:34.405Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-16909

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-16T23:15:14.180

Modified: 2023-12-31T20:15:50.520

Link: CVE-2020-16909

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