CVE-2020-1249

moderate-risk

Published 2020-07-14

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-2020-1353, CVE-2020-1370, CVE-2020-1399, CVE-2020-1404, CVE-2020-1413, CVE-2020-1414, CVE-2020-1415, CVE-2020-1422.

Do I need to act?

0.33% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.8/10 High

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (17)

Windows 10

Windows 8.1

Windows Rt 8.1

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2019

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (2)

Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1249

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moderate-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 19/34 · Moderate