CVE Catalog

CVE-2020-1081

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 Printer Service due to improper validation of file paths while loading printer drivers. An authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges.

Risk Assessment

Running code with elevated privileges could allow an attacker to take control of the system.

Recommendation

Apply the security update that corrects how Windows Printer Service validates file paths.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Printer Service improperly validates file paths while loading printer drivers. An authenticated attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. 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. The update addresses this vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Printer Service validates file paths.

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