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Medium severity6.6NVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-1159

CVE-2020-1159

Description

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. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the StartTileData.dll properly handles this type of function.

Affected products

9
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 19094 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*range: 10.0.0
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 1809v5
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
    Range: 10.0.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 20163 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/StartTileData.dllllm-create

Patches

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