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

Windows Error Reporting Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2020-16909

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Error Reporting (WER) when WER handles and executes files. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker can successfully exploit it.</p> <p>An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain greater access to sensitive information and system functionality. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way that WER handles and executes files.</p>

Affected products

9
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 1507v5
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
    Range: 10.0.0
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 1607v5
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
    Range: 10.0.0
  • Microsoft/Windows 10v52 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 10.0.0
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*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 10 1909v5
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
    Range: 10.0.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2016v5
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: 10.0.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2019v5
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: 10.0.0

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

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