CVE-2020-1571

Windows Setup Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
7.3 High
Published
Aug 17, 2020
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Reserved
Nov 4, 2019

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Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Setup in the way it handles permissions. A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. After successfully exploiting the vulnerability, an attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring Windows Setup properly handles permissions.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.3 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:Cmicrosoft

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Windows 10 Version 2004Microsoft
  • N/AAffected
Windows 10 Version 1803Microsoft
  • N/AAffected
Windows 10 Version 1809Microsoft
  • N/AAffected
Windows 10 Version 1909Microsoft
  • N/AAffected
Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit SystemsMicrosoft
  • N/AAffected
Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based SystemsMicrosoft
  • N/AAffected
Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based SystemsMicrosoft
  • N/AAffected

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