CVE-2020-1491 — Windows Function Discovery Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Function Discovery Service handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vu…
Published: 2020-09-11 · CVSS: 7.8 · CVSS 3.1
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Function Discovery Service handles objects in memory. 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 Windows Function Discovery Service properly handles objects in memory.</p>
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7