Detections
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CVE-2020-0986
high
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1237, CVE-2020-1246, CVE-2020-1262, CVE-2020-1264, CVE-2020-1266, CVE-2020-1269, CVE-2020-1273, CVE-2020-1274, CVE-2020-1275, CVE-2020-1276, CVE-2020-1307, CVE-2020-1316.
References
https://www.tenable.com/cyber-exposure/2020-threat-landscape-retrospective
https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsoft-s-january-2021-patch-tuesday-addresses-83-cves
https://securelist.com/operation-powerfall-cve-2020-0986-and-variants/98329/
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0986
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160698/Microsoft-Windows-splWOW64-Privilege-Escalation.html