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High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-16900

CVE-2020-16900

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Event System improperly handles objects in memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Event System handles objects in memory.

Affected products

32
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 190910 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*range: 10.0.0
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*range: 10.0.0
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 1607v5
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
    Range: 10.0.0
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 1809v52 versions
    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
  • Microsoft/Windows 7v53 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*range: 6.1.0
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:x86:*range: 6.1.0
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows 8.1v52 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*range: 6.3.0
    • 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 20082 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2012v53 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*range: 6.2.0
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:-:*:-:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2016v55 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 10.0.0
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • 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/Windows Server 2019v52 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 10.0.0
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Event Systemllm-create

Patches

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