CVE-2020-16998

HIGH

Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016/2019 - Elevation of Privilege in DirectX

Title source: llm

DirectX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Core 1

Core References

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

CVSS v3 7.0

EPSS 0.0084

EPSS Percentile 54.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Status published

Products (14)

microsoft/windows_10

microsoft/windows_10 20h2

microsoft/windows_10 1607

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 20h2

... and 4 more

Published Nov 11, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026