CVE-2020-1166

HIGH

Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 - Elevation of Privilege via Clipboard Service

Title source: llm

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Clipboard Service, aka 'Windows Clipboard Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1111, CVE-2020-1121, CVE-2020-1165.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1166

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0082

EPSS Percentile 53.5%

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 (4)

microsoft/windows_10 1903

microsoft/windows_10 1909

microsoft/windows_server_2016 1903

microsoft/windows_server_2016 1909

Published May 21, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026