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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1027
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168068/Windows-sxs-CNodeFactory-XMLParser_Element_doc_assembly_assemblyIdentity-Heap-Buffer-Overflow.html
US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-1027
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