CVE-2020-16895 — Windows Error Reporting Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles a process crash. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerabil…
Published: 2020-10-16 · CVSS: 7.8 · CVSS 3.1
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles a process crash. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could delete a targeted file leading to an elevated status.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Error Reporting manager handles process crashes.</p>
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7