CVE-2020-16900

Publication date

2020-10-16 22:17:41

Family

microsoft

State

PUBLISHED

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Event System improperly handles objects in memory.

To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges.

The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Event System handles objects in memory.