CVE-2020-1152

MEDIUM

Windows - Elevation of Privilege via Win32k.sys

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Win32k.sys. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted script or application.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles calls to Win32k.</p>

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 5.8
EPSS 0.0060
EPSS Percentile 45.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

Details

Status published
Products (17)
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_10 2004
microsoft/windows_8.1
microsoft/windows_rt_8.1
... and 7 more
Published Sep 11, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026