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

Group Policy Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2020-16939

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Group Policy improperly checks access. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, and then run a specially crafted application to take control over the affected system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Group Policy checks access.

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Affected products

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  • Microsoft/Windows 10 1909v54 versions
    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
  • 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 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
  • Microsoft/Windows 8.1v5
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
    Range: 6.3.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2012v5
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
    Range: 6.2.0
  • 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
  • Microsoft/Windows Group Policyllm-create

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