CVE-2020-16939 — Group Policy Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Group Policy improperly checks access. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an…
Published: 2020-10-16 · CVSS: 7.8 · CVSS 3.1
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Group Policy improperly checks access. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, and then run a specially crafted application to take control over the affected system.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Group Policy checks access.</p>
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7