CVE-2020-1082

HIGH

Windows Error Reporting - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Error Reporting (WER) when WER handles and executes files, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1021, CVE-2020-1088.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0093
EPSS Percentile 56.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (12)
microsoft/windows_10
microsoft/windows_10 1607
microsoft/windows_10 1709
microsoft/windows_10 1803
microsoft/windows_10 1809
microsoft/windows_10 1903
microsoft/windows_10 1909
microsoft/windows_server 1803
microsoft/windows_server_2016
microsoft/windows_server_2016 1903
... and 2 more
Published May 21, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026