7.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2020-16916

Published: 16/10/2020 Updated: 31/12/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 641
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles COM object creation. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated privileges.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows COM Server creates COM objects.</p>

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microsoft windows server 2008 r2

microsoft windows server 2012 r2

microsoft windows 10 1607

microsoft windows 8.1 -

microsoft windows server 2016 -

microsoft windows server 2008 -

microsoft windows 7 -

microsoft windows rt 8.1 -

microsoft windows server 2012 -

microsoft windows 10 -

microsoft windows 10 1709

microsoft windows 10 1803

microsoft windows server 2019 -

microsoft windows 10 1809

microsoft windows server 2016 1903

microsoft windows 10 1903

microsoft windows server 2016 1909

microsoft windows 10 1909

microsoft windows 10 2004

microsoft windows server 2016 2004