CVE-2020-16895

high

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles a process crash. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could delete a targeted file leading to an elevated status.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Error Reporting manager handles process crashes.</p>

References

https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsoft-october-2020-patch-tuesday-87-cves-bad-neighbor-windows-tcp-ip-cve-2020-16898

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16895

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-10-16

Updated: 2023-12-31

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High