CVE Catalog

CVE-2020-1137

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 Push Notification Service due to improper handling of objects in memory. An attacker could run processes in an elevated context, install programs, and view, change or delete data.

Risk Assessment

Running processes with elevated privileges could lead to compromise of system and data integrity.

Recommendation

Apply the security update that corrects how Windows Push Notification Service handles objects in memory.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way the Windows Push Notification Service handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. An attacker could then install programs; view, change or delete data. 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 security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Push Notification Service handles objects in memory.

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