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

Windows COM Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2020-16935

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles COM object creation. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. 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. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows COM Server creates COM objects.

Affected products

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  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*range: 10.0.0
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:*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_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
    Range: 10.0.0
  • 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 7v52 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*+ 1 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_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
    Range: 6.3.0
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
    Range: 6.2.0
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: 10.0.0
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: 10.0.0

Patches

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