CVE-2020-1027

high-risk
Published 2020-04-15

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0913, CVE-2020-1000, CVE-2020-1003.

Do I need to act?

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11.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 88% of all CVEs
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (5)

Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168068/Windows-sxs-CNodeFactory-XMLParser_E...
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1027
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168068/Windows-sxs-CNodeFactory-XMLParser_E...
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1027
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 18/34 · Moderate
Exposure 23/34 · High