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CVE-2020-0638

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way the Update Notification Manager handles files.To exploit this vulnerability, an at

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Listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

The Update Notification Manager component is affected by this vulnerability. An attacker who already has the ability to run code on a victim system could exploit it to gain elevated privileges.

Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.

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An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way the Update Notification Manager handles files.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Update Notification Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  3. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  4. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Microsoft Windows

    10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems, 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems, 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems, 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems

    Version range not reported

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems

    Version range not reported

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems

    Version range not reported

  • Microsoft Windows Server

    2019, 2019 (Core installation), version 1803 (Core Installation)

  • Microsoft Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)

    Version range not reported

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems

    Version range not reported

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems

    Version range not reported

  • Microsoft Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)

    Version range not reported

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems

    Version range not reported

References 1

portal.msrc.microsoft.com