CVE-2020-0986

high-risk

Published 2020-06-09

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1237, CVE-2020-1246, CVE-2020-1262, CVE-2020-1264, CVE-2020-1266, CVE-2020-1269, CVE-2020-1273, CVE-2020-1274, CVE-2020-1275, CVE-2020-1276, CVE-2020-1307, CVE-2020-1316.

Do I need to act?

14.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — higher than 86% of all CVEs

CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild

On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.8/10 High

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Windows 10 1507

Windows 10 1607

Windows 10 1709

Windows 10 1803

Windows 10 1809

Windows 10 1903

Windows 10 1909

Windows 10 2004

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (5)

Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160698/Microsoft-Windows-splWOW64-Privilege...

Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0986

Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160698/Microsoft-Windows-splWOW64-Privilege...

Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0986

US Government Resource https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-...

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high-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 19/34 · Moderate

Exposure 23/34 · High