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CVE-2020-0875

Microsoft splwow64 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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Summary

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists in how splwow64.exe handles certain calls. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system (low-integrity to medium-integrity).</p> <p>This vulnerability by itself does not allow arbitrary code execution; however, it could allow arbitrary code to be run if the attacker uses it in combination with another vulnerability (such as a remote code execution vulnerability or another elevation of privilege vulnerability) that is capable of leveraging the elevated privileges when code execution is attempted.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring splwow64.exe properly handles these calls.</p>

Timeline

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Affected versions

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909

    From 10.0.0

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

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems

    From 10.0.0

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

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 2004

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server version 2004

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows 8.1

    From 6.3.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012

    From 6.2.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)

    From 6.2.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

    From 6.3.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

    From 6.3.0

References 1

portal.msrc.microsoft.com