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CVE-2020-1357

HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8
7.8CVSS HIGH

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows System Events Broker improperly handles file operations, aka 'Windows System Events Broker Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products we track (2)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1357 ↗