CVE Catalog

CVE-2020-1068

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.86%

56th percentile - higher than 56% of all known CVEs

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Media Service that allows file creation in arbitrary locations. An attacker could exploit this to take control of an affected system.

Risk Assessment

Ability to create files in arbitrary locations could lead to privilege escalation and system integrity compromise.

Recommendation

Apply the security update that corrects how Windows Media Service handles file creation.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Media Service that allows file creation in arbitrary locations. To exploit the 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. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Media Service handles file creation.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS