CVE-2020-16895

HIGH

Microsoft Windows 10 - Improper Exception Handling

Title source: rule

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles a process crash. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could delete a targeted file leading to an elevated status.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Error Reporting manager handles process crashes.</p>

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0055
EPSS Percentile 67.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-755
Status published

Affected Products (9)

microsoft/windows_10
microsoft/windows_10
microsoft/windows_10
microsoft/windows_10
microsoft/windows_10
microsoft/windows_server_2016
microsoft/windows_server_2016
microsoft/windows_server_2016
microsoft/windows_server_2019

Timeline

Published Oct 16, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026