CVE-2020-16938

Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
5.5 Medium
Published
Oct 16, 2020
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Reserved
Aug 4, 2020

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Description

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application. The vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate user rights directly, but it could be used to obtain information that could be used to try to further compromise the affected system.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows kernel handles objects in memory.</p>

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:Cmicrosoft

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Windows 10 Version 2004Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server version 2004Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected

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