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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024

Windows Error Reporting Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2020-16895

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles a process crash. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could delete a targeted file leading to an elevated status.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Error Reporting manager handles process crashes.</p>

Affected products

5
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*range: 10.0.0
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*range: 10.0.0
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: 10.0.0
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
    Range: 10.0.0
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: 10.0.0

Patches

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