CVE-2020-1066

moderate-risk
Published 2020-05-21

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in .NET Framework which could allow an attacker to elevate their privilege level.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to access the local machine, and then run a malicious program.The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how .NET Framework activates COM objects., aka '.NET Framework Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Do I need to act?

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29.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 70% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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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 (2)

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (2)

Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1066
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1066
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 15/34 · Moderate
Exposure 7/34 · Low