CVE-2020-16887

high

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Network Connections Service handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Network Connections Service properly handles objects in memory.</p>

References

https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsoft-october-2020-patch-tuesday-87-cves-bad-neighbor-windows-tcp-ip-cve-2020-16898

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16887

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-10-16

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High