Security Advisory

CVE-2020-0838

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-09-11 17:08:24
Last updated 2024-11-18 16:25:12
Assigner microsoft
State PUBLISHED

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when NTFS improperly checks access. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, and then run a specially crafted application to take control over the affected system.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how NTFS checks access.</p>