<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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

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Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:34.658Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-16939

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-16T23:15:15.680

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:07:28.167

Link: CVE-2020-16939

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