CVE-2020-1159: Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.3)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/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

0.35% (percentile: 57.8%)

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the StartTileData.dll handles file creation in protected locations. 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 StartTileData.dll properly handles this type of function.

Affected Products (12)

Other

• 11712
• 11713
• 11714
• 11715
• 11644
• 11645
• 11646
• 11647
• 11766
• 11767
• 11768
• 11769

Security Updates (2)

• 4574727
• 4571756

Revision History

• 2020-09-08: Information published.