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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024

Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2020-1159

Description

<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>

Affected products

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Patches

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