CVE Catalog

CVE-2020-1166

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

Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Clipboard Service. An attacker who logs on can run a specially crafted application to execute arbitrary code in the security context of the local system, allowing installation of programs, data modification, or creation of accounts with full user rights.

Risk Assessment

Full system compromise by a local user.

Recommendation

Install the security update that corrects how Windows handles calls to Clipboard Service.

Other vulnerabilities in Windows Clipboard Service

Original NVD description (English source)

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Clipboard Service. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the security context of the local system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. 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 over an affected system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles calls to Clipboard Service.

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