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CVE-2020-16901

NVDCIRCLENISA

EUVD-2020-8859 · Published Oct 16, 2020

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly initializes objects in memory.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows kernel initializes objects in memory.</p>

Technologies

Microsoft Windows Server 2016Microsoft Windows 10

Weaknesses

CWE-665

CVSS scores

  • v3.15.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • v2.02.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

MITRE ATT&CK

Inferred

Where this vulnerability fits in an attack

Privilege Escalation

References

Potentially impacted assets

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