CVE-2020-1152 — Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Win32k.sys. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevat…
Published: 2020-09-11 · CVSS: 5.8 · CVSS 3.1
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Win32k.sys. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted script or application.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles calls to Win32k.</p>
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7