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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 21, 2020· Updated Aug 19, 2026

CVE-2020-1078

CVE-2020-1078

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Installer because of the way Windows Installer handles certain filesystem operations. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would require unprivileged execution on the victim system. After successfully exploiting the vulnerability, an attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way Windows Installer handles certain filesystem operations.

Affected products

31
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2003cpe-rescue
    Range: version 1803 (Core Installation)
  • Microsoft/Windows Installerllm-fuzzy
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 19097 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows 7
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows 8.1
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Rt 8.1
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 20083 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:itanium:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 20122 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 20164 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2019
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windowsv5
    Range: 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systemsv5
    Range: unspecified
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systemsv5
    Range: unspecified
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systemsv5
    Range: unspecified
  • Microsoft/Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)v5
    Range: unspecified
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systemsv5
    Range: unspecified
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systemsv5
    Range: unspecified
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systemsv5
    Range: unspecified
  • Microsoft/Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)v5
    Range: unspecified

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