Detections
Analytics
CVE-2020-1098
high
Description
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Shell infrastructure component improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.</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 update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way in which the Shell infrastructure component handles objects in memory and preventing unintended elevation from lower integrity application.</p>
References
https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsoft-s-september-2020-patch-tuesday-addresses-129-cves
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1098