CVE-2020-1490

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Storage Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on the victim system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, then run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Storage Services handles file operations.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 200410.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows Server version 200410.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 180310.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 180910.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows Server 201910.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)10.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 190910.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)10.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems10.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 170910.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems10.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems10.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems10.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)10.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 150710.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 160710.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows Server 201610.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)10.0.0 < publicationaffected

Weaknesses

  • Elevation of Privilege

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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