CVE-2020-1279

HIGH

Windows Lockscreen - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Lockscreen fails to properly load spotlight images from a secure location, aka 'Windows Lockscreen Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0071
EPSS Percentile 49.7%
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 (13)
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_server_2016
microsoft/windows_server_2016 1803
microsoft/windows_server_2016 1903
... and 3 more
Published Jun 09, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026