CVE Catalog

CVE-2020-1134

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.74%

52th percentile - higher than 52% of all known CVEs

Summary

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows State Repository Service due to improper handling of objects in memory. An attacker could run arbitrary code in an elevated context.

Risk Assessment

Risk of gaining administrative control over the system, potentially leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

Install the security update provided by Microsoft that corrects the memory object handling.

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Original NVD description (English source)

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows State Repository Service improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in an elevated context. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Windows State Repository Service handles objects in memory.

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