CVE-2020-1014

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Windows Update Client when it does not properly handle privileges, aka 'Microsoft Windows Update Client Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Modified - secure@microsoft.com

Published

2020-04-15

Last modified

2024-08-04

Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected products

• Version 1903 Server Core Installation (Microsoft)
• Version 1909 Server Core Installation (Microsoft)
• Windows (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 Version 1903 For 32-bit Systems (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 Version 1903 For Arm64-based Systems (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 Version 1903 For X64-based Systems (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 Version 1909 For 32-bit Systems (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 Version 1909 For Arm64-based Systems (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 Version 1909 For X64-based Systems (Microsoft)
• Windows 7 (Microsoft)
• Windows 8.1 (Microsoft)
• Windows Rt 8.1 (Microsoft)
• Windows Server (Microsoft)
• Windows Server 2008 (Microsoft)
• Windows Server 2012 (Microsoft)
• Windows Server 2016 (Microsoft)
• Windows Server 2019 (Microsoft)

References

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1014