CVE-2020-1159 — Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the StartTileData.dll handles file creation in protected locations. An attacker who successfully exploited the …
Published: 2020-09-11 · CVSS: 6.6 · CVSS 3.1
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the StartTileData.dll handles file creation in protected locations. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the StartTileData.dll properly handles this type of function.</p>
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7