<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Group Policy improperly checks access. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.</p>
<p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, and then run a specially crafted application to take control over the affected system.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Group Policy checks access.</p>
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: 2020-10-16T22:17:57
Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:34.658Z
Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-16939
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-10-16T23:15:15.680
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:07:28.167
Link: CVE-2020-16939
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