CVE-2020-1490

CVE-2020-1490: vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507

Windows Storage Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published · Updated

3Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackepss 0.7%
exploitation probability
0.7%top 47% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.