Security Advisory

CVE-2020-16892

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-10-16 22:17:38
Last updated 2024-08-04 13:45:34
Assigner microsoft
State PUBLISHED

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows kernel image 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 kernel image properly handles objects in memory.</p>