CVE-2020-1027

HIGH KEV

Windows Kernel - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2020-1027 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added May 23, 2022.

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0913, CVE-2020-1000, CVE-2020-1003.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.1186
EPSS Percentile 93.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation active
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CISA KEV 2022-05-23
VulnCheck KEV 2020-03-23
InTheWild.io 2020-03-23
ENISA EUVD EUVD-2020-11922
CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (19)
microsoft/windows_10_1507 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_10_1607 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_10_1709 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_10_1803 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_10_1809 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_10_1903 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_10_1909 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_7
microsoft/windows_8.1
microsoft/windows_rt_8.1
... and 9 more
Published Apr 15, 2020
KEV Added May 23, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026