Security Advisory

CVE-2020-1507

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-09-11 17:09:20
Last updated 2024-08-04 06:39:10
Assigner microsoft
State PUBLISHED

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft COM for Windows handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, a user would have to open a specially crafted file.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft COM for Windows handles objects in memory.</p>