CVE-2020-1149

high-risk
Published 2020-05-21

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Runtime improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1077, CVE-2020-1086, CVE-2020-1090, CVE-2020-1125, CVE-2020-1139, CVE-2020-1151, CVE-2020-1155, CVE-2020-1156, CVE-2020-1157, CVE-2020-1158, CVE-2020-1164.

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12.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 88% 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 (17)

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (2)

Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1149
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1149
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 12/34 · Low
Exposure 19/34 · Moderate