Security Advisory

CVE-2020-1491

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-09-11 17:09:19
Last updated 2024-08-04 06:39:10
Assigner microsoft
State PUBLISHED

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Function Discovery Service handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Function Discovery Service properly handles objects in memory.</p>