Detections
Analytics
CVE-2020-1169
high
Description
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Runtime improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in an elevated context.</p> <p>An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Windows Runtime handles objects in memory.</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-2020-1169