The remote Windows host is missing security update 4540681.
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the     Windows Device Setup Manager 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 Device Setup Manager     handles file operations. (CVE-2020-0819)

  - 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. (CVE-2020-0777, CVE-2020-0797,     CVE-2020-0800, CVE-2020-0864, CVE-2020-0865,     CVE-2020-0866, CVE-2020-0897)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability exists when     Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory.
    The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way     that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the     context of the current user. An attacker who     successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the     same user rights as the current user.  (CVE-2020-0824)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in     Windows Installer because of the way Windows Installer     handles certain filesystem operations.  (CVE-2020-0814,     CVE-2020-0842, CVE-2020-0843)

  - An information vulnerability exists when Windows Modules     Installer Service improperly discloses file information.
    Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could allow     the attacker to read any file on the file system.
    (CVE-2020-0859)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the     Windows Graphics Component improperly handles objects in     memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this     vulnerability could run processes in an elevated     context.  (CVE-2020-0791)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when     Windows Network Connections Service fails to properly     handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully     exploited the vulnerability could potentially disclose     memory contents of an elevated process.  (CVE-2020-0871)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the     &quot;Public Account Pictures&quot; folder improperly     handles junctions.  (CVE-2020-0858)

  - A tampering vulnerability exists when Microsoft IIS     Server improperly handles malformed request headers. An     attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability     could cause a vulnerable server to improperly process     HTTP headers and tamper with the responses returned to     clients.  (CVE-2020-0645)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the     way the Provisioning Runtime validates certain file     operations. An attacker who successfully exploited the     vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a victim     system.  (CVE-2020-0808)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in     Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly     handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully     exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in     kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs;
    view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts     with full user rights.  (CVE-2020-0788, CVE-2020-0877,     CVE-2020-0887)

  - 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.  (CVE-2020-0778, CVE-2020-0802,     CVE-2020-0803, CVE-2020-0804, CVE-2020-0845)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the     Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to     properly sanitize input leading to an insecure library     loading behavior. A locally authenticated attacker could     run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. An     attacker could then install programs; view, change, or     delete data; or create new accounts with full user     rights. The security update addresses the vulnerability     by correcting the input sanitization error to preclude     unintended elevation. (CVE-2020-0798)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in     Microsoft Windows when the Windows kernel fails to     properly handle parsing of certain symbolic links. An     attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability     could potentially access privileged registry keys and     thereby elevate permissions. An attacker could then     install programs; view, change, or delete data; or     create new accounts with full user rights.
    (CVE-2020-0799)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when     Connected User Experiences and Telemetry 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 security     update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the     Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service handles     file operations. (CVE-2020-0844)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the     Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio     Standard Collector allows file creation in arbitrary     locations.  (CVE-2020-0810)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows     Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory.
    An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability     could install programs; view, change, or delete data; or     create new accounts with full user rights. There are     multiple ways an attacker could exploit the     vulnerability, such as by convincing a user to open a     specially crafted document, or by convincing a user to     visit a malicious webpage. The security update addresses     the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Media     Foundation handles objects in memory. (CVE-2020-0801,     CVE-2020-0809, CVE-2020-0869)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in     Microsoft Windows that could allow remote code execution     if a .LNK file is processed. An attacker who     successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the     same user rights as the local user.  (CVE-2020-0684)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when     Windows improperly handles hard links. An attacker who     successfully exploited this vulnerability could     overwrite a targeted file leading to an elevated status.
    (CVE-2020-0840, CVE-2020-0841, CVE-2020-0849,     CVE-2020-0896)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the     Windows User Profile Service (ProfSvc) improperly     handles symlinks. An attacker who successfully exploited     this vulnerability could delete files and folders in an     elevated context.  (CVE-2020-0785)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when     Windows Defender Security Center handles certain objects     in memory.  (CVE-2020-0762)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the     way that the Windows Search Indexer handles objects in     memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the     vulnerability could execute code with elevated     permissions.  (CVE-2020-0857)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in     Windows Error Reporting (WER) when WER handles and     executes files. The vulnerability could allow elevation     of privilege if an attacker can successfully exploit it.
    An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability     could gain greater access to sensitive information and     system functionality.  (CVE-2020-0806)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the     Windows GDI component improperly discloses the contents     of its memory. An attacker who successfully exploited     the vulnerability could obtain information to further     compromise the users system. There are multiple ways an     attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such as by     convincing a user to open a specially crafted document,     or by convincing a user to visit an untrusted webpage.
    The security update addresses the vulnerability by     correcting how the Windows GDI component handles objects     in memory. (CVE-2020-0774, CVE-2020-0880, CVE-2020-0882)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way     that the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) handles     objects in the memory. An attacker who successfully     exploited this vulnerability could take control of the     affected system. An attacker could then install     programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new     accounts with full user rights.  (CVE-2020-0881,     CVE-2020-0883)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the     Windows GDI component improperly discloses the contents     of its memory. An attacker who successfully exploited     the vulnerability could obtain information to further     compromise a users system. There are multiple ways an     attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such as by     convincing a user to open a specially crafted document     or by convincing a user to visit an untrusted webpage.
    The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how     the Windows GDI component handles objects in memory.
    (CVE-2020-0885)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when     Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory.
    An attacker who successfully exploited this     vulnerability could obtain information to further     compromise the users system. An attacker who had already     gained execution on the victim system could exploit this     vulnerability by running a specially crafted     application. The update addresses the vulnerability by     correcting how Media Foundation handles objects in     memory. (CVE-2020-0820)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the     Windows Update Orchestrator 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 Update Orchestrator     Service handles file operations. (CVE-2020-0867,     CVE-2020-0868)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the     way that the Windows Network List Service handles     objects in memory. An attacker who successfully     exploited the vulnerability could execute code with     elevated permissions.  (CVE-2020-0780)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when     Windows improperly handles calls to Advanced Local     Procedure Call (ALPC). An attacker who successfully     exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in     the security context of the local system. An attacker     could then install programs; view, change, or delete     data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
    (CVE-2020-0834)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the     Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service     improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who     successfully exploited this vulnerability could run     arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. An     attacker could then install programs; view, change, or     delete data; or create new accounts with full user     rights.  (CVE-2020-0781, CVE-2020-0783)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the     Windows Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS)     improperly handles memory.  (CVE-2020-0861)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when     DirectX improperly handles objects in memory. An     attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability     could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker     could then install programs; view, change, or delete     data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
    (CVE-2020-0690)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the     Windows AppX Deployment Server improperly handles file     operations.  (CVE-2020-0776)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way     that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in     Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could corrupt     memory in such a way that an attacker could execute     arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An     attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability     could gain the same user rights as the current user.
    (CVE-2020-0832, CVE-2020-0833)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way     the scripting engine handles objects in memory in     Microsoft browsers. The vulnerability could corrupt     memory in such a way that an attacker could execute     arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An     attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability     could gain the same user rights as the current user.
    (CVE-2020-0768, CVE-2020-0830)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the     Windows Installer when MSI packages process symbolic     links. An attacker who successfully exploited this     vulnerability could bypass access restrictions to add or     remove files.  (CVE-2020-0779)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the     Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)     improperly handles symbolic links. An attacker who     successfully exploited this vulnerability could     overwrite a targeted file leading to an elevated status.
    (CVE-2020-0787)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way     that the VBScript engine handles objects in memory. The     vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an     attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of     the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited     the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the     current user.  (CVE-2020-0847)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the     Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly     handles file operations. An attacker who successfully     exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated     privileges. An attacker with unprivileged access to a     vulnerable system could exploit this vulnerability. The     security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring     the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service properly     handles file operations. (CVE-2020-0793)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when     Windows Error Reporting improperly handles file     operations.  (CVE-2020-0775)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the     Windows CSC Service improperly handles memory.
    (CVE-2020-0769, CVE-2020-0771)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in     Windows when the Windows Imaging Component fails to     properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who     succesfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain     information to further compromise the user's system.
    There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit this     vulnerability:  (CVE-2020-0853)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the     Windows Language Pack Installer 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 Language Pack Installer     handles file operations. (CVE-2020-0822)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the     Windows ActiveX Installer Service improperly handles     memory.  (CVE-2020-0770, CVE-2020-0773, CVE-2020-0860)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when     Windows Error Reporting improperly handles memory.
    (CVE-2020-0772)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way     that the Chakra scripting engine handles objects in     memory in Microsoft Edge (HTML-based). The vulnerability     could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could     execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.     An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability     could gain the same user rights as the current user. If     the current user is logged on with administrative user     rights, an attacker who successfully exploited the     vulnerability could take control of an affected system.     An attacker could then install programs; view, change,     or delete data; or create new accounts with full user     rights. (CVE-2020-0811)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when     Chakra improperly discloses the contents of its memory,     which could provide an attacker with information to     further compromise the user’s computer or data.     (CVE-2020-0813)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability exists when     Microsoft Edge improperly accesses objects in memory.     The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way     that enables an attacker to execute arbitrary code in     the context of the current user. An attacker who     successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain     the same user rights as the current user. If the current     user is logged on with administrative user rights, an     attacker could take control of an affected system. An     attacker could then install programs; view, change, or     delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
    (CVE-2020-0816)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way     that the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in     memory. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a     way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the     context of the current user. An attacker who successfully     exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user     rights as the current user. If the current user is logged     on with administrative user rights, an attacker who     successfully exploited the vulnerability could take     control of an affected system. An attacker could then     install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create     new accounts with full user rights. (CVE-2020-08323,     CVE-2020-0826, CVE-2020-0827, CVE-2020-0828, CVE-2020-0829,     CVE-2020-0831, CVE-2020-0848)

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KB4540681: Windows 10 Version 1709 March 2020 Security Update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 134371

Version 1.14