CVE-2020-1590

MEDIUM

Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016/2019 - Privilege Escalation via Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on the victim system.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, then run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service handles file operations.</p>

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 6.6
EPSS 0.0084
EPSS Percentile 54.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

Details

Status published
Products (8)
microsoft/windows_10 1809
microsoft/windows_10 1903
microsoft/windows_10 1909
microsoft/windows_10 2004
microsoft/windows_server_2016 1903
microsoft/windows_server_2016 1909
microsoft/windows_server_2016 2004
microsoft/windows_server_2019
Published Sep 11, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026