CVE-2020-16916

Windows COM Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Oct 16, 2020
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Reserved
Aug 4, 2020

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Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles COM object creation. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated privileges.</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 update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows COM Server creates COM objects.</p>

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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 1803Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1809Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2019Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1909Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit SystemsMicrosoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1709Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit SystemsMicrosoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based SystemsMicrosoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based SystemsMicrosoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 2004Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server version 2004Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1507Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1607Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2016Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 7Microsoft
  • 6.1.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 7 Service Pack 1Microsoft
  • 6.1.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 8.1Microsoft
  • 6.3.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2Microsoft
  • 6.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
  • 6.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2Microsoft
  • 6.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1Microsoft
  • 6.1.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
  • 6.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2012Microsoft
  • 6.2.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
  • 6.2.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2012 R2Microsoft
  • 6.3.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
  • 6.3.0 to before publicationAffected

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