CVE-2020-16908

Publication date

2020-10-16 22:17:44

Family

microsoft

State

PUBLISHED

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Setup in the way it handles directories.

A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. After successfully exploiting the vulnerability, an attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring Windows Setup properly handles directories.