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CVE-2020-16939

Group Policy Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Not listed in CISA KEV
1 proof of concept on GitHub

Summary

<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>

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

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 7

    From 6.1.0

  • Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1

    From 6.1.0

  • Microsoft Windows 8.1

    From 6.3.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

    From 6.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)

    From 6.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

    From 6.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1

    From 6.1.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)

    From 6.0.0

  • 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 3

portal.msrc.microsoft.com

zerodayinitiative.com

GitHub · rogue-kdc/CVE-2020-16939