7.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2020-16920

Published: 16/10/2020 Updated: 31/12/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.6 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 409
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Application Compatibility Client Library improperly handles registry operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first need code execution on a victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Application Compatibility Client Library properly handles registry operations.</p>

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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