{"containers": {"cna": {"title": "Group Policy Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability", "datePublic": "2020-10-13T07:00:00.000Z", "affected": [{"vendor": "Microsoft", "product": "Windows 10 Version 1803", "cpes": ["cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*", "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*", "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*"], "platforms": ["32-bit Systems", "x64-based Systems", "ARM64-based Systems"], "versions": [{"version": "10.0.0", "lessThan": "publication", "versionType": "custom", "status": "affected"}]}, {"vendor": "Microsoft", "product": "Windows 10 Version 1809", "cpes": ["cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*", "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*", "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*"], "platforms": ["32-bit Systems", "x64-based Systems", "ARM64-based Systems"], "versions": [{"version": "10.0.0", "lessThan": "publication", "versionType": "custom", "status": 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