CVE-2020-1254

high

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Modules Installer Service improperly handles class object members.A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges, aka 'Windows Modules Installer Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1254

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2020-06-09

Updated: 2021-07-21

Type: CWE-269

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: HIGH