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CVE-2020-1159

NVDCIRCLENISA

EUVD-2020-12043 · Published Sep 11, 2020

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the StartTileData.dll handles file creation in protected locations. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the StartTileData.dll properly handles this type of function.</p>

Technologies

Microsoft Windows Server 2016Microsoft Windows 10

CVSS scores

  • v3.17.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.04.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

MITRE ATT&CK

Inferred

Where this vulnerability fits in an attack

Privilege Escalation

References

Potentially impacted assets

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