CVE Record
[ HIGH ]CVE-2020-1027
Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- CVSS
- 7.8
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 4.5%
- Status
- kev
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-23. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2022-06-13.
This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.