CVE-2020-0886

HIGH

Windows Storage Services - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Storage Services improperly handle file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first need code execution on a victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Storage Services properly handle file operations.</p>

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0123
EPSS Percentile 65.9%
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 (17)
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_8.1 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_rt_8.1
... and 7 more
Published Sep 11, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026