Security Advisory

CVE-2020-16935

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-10-16 22:17:55
Last updated 2024-08-04 13:45:34
Assigner microsoft
State PUBLISHED

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles COM object creation. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated privileges.</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 how the Windows COM Server creates COM objects.</p>