Security Advisory

CVE-2020-0870

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-09-11 17:08:25
Last updated 2024-08-04 06:18:03
Assigner microsoft
State PUBLISHED

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Shell infrastructure component improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way in which the Shell infrastructure component handles objects in memory and preventing unintended elevation from lower integrity application.</p>