CVE-2020-1034: Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.8)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Elevation of Privilege

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2020-Sep

Released

2020-09-08

EPSS Score

17.02% (percentile: 95.0%)

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Kernel properly handles objects in memory.

Detection & Weaponization (1 sources)

Maturity: Exploit

• GitHub PoC: 2 repositories

Affected Products (36)

Other

• 11497
• 11498
• 11563
• 11568
• 11569
• 11570
• 11571
• 11572
• 11712
• 11713
• 11714
• 11715
• 11453
• 11454
• 11583
• 11644
• 11645
• 11646
• 11647
• 11766
• 11767
• 11768
• 11769
• 10729
• 10735
• 10852
• 10853
• 10816
• 10855
• 10481
• 10482
• 10484
• 10378
• 10379
• 10483
• 10543

Security Updates (11)

• 4577032
• 4570333
• 4574727
• 4577041
• 4571756
• 4577049
• 4577015
• 4577066
• 4577071
• 4577038
• 4577048

Acknowledgments

Microsoft Product Security & Vulnerability Research

Revision History

• 2020-09-08: Information published.