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CVE-2020-1098

Windows Shell Infrastructure Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Summary

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Shell infrastructure component improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.</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 update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way in which the Shell infrastructure component handles objects in memory and preventing unintended elevation from lower integrity application.</p>

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 2004

    From 10.0.0

References 1

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