Detections
Analytics
CVE-2020-1552
high
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Work Folder Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Windows Work Folder Service handles file operations.
References
https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsoft-s-august-2020-patch-tuesday-addresses-120-cves-cve-2020-1337
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1552