CVE-2020-1087 — Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execu…
Published: 2020-05-21 · CVSS: 7.8 · CVSS 3.1
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Kernel properly handles objects in memory.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7