CVE-2020-0782
HIGHWindows Cryptographic Catalog Services - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Cryptographic Catalog Services improperly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could modify the cryptographic catalog.</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 security update addresses the vulnerability by addressing how the Windows Cryptographic Catalog Services handle objects in memory.</p>
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0782
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0100
EPSS Percentile
59.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (19)
microsoft/windows_10
(2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_10
1607 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_10
1709
microsoft/windows_10
1803
microsoft/windows_10
1809
microsoft/windows_10
1903
microsoft/windows_10
1909
microsoft/windows_10
2004
microsoft/windows_7
(2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_8.1
(2 CPE variants)
... and 9 more
Published
Sep 11, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026