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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 14, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-1423

CVE-2020-1423

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Subsystem for Linux handles files, aka 'Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Affected products

6
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 2004 for x64-based Systemsv5
    Range: unspecified
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 2004 for ARM64-based Systemsv5
    Range: unspecified
  • Microsoft/Windows Server, version 2004 (Server Core installation)v5
    Range: unspecified
  • Microsoft/Windows Subsystem For Linuxllm-fuzzy
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 1909
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2016
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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