CVE-2020-1152: medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Published · Updated
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 5.8epss 0.6%
exploitation probability
0.6%top 53% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Win32k.sys. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system.</p>
<p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted script or application.</p>
<p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles calls to Win32k.</p>
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1507Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1607Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1709Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit SystemsMicrosoft · Windows 10 Version 1803Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit SystemsMicrosoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based SystemsMicrosoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based SystemsMicrosoft · Windows 10 Version 1909Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 2004Microsoft · Windows 8.1Microsoft · Windows Server 2012Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server 2016Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server 2019Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server version 2004Related CVEs — Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
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