CVSS 3.1
8.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2020-0981
High (8.8) in microsoft. EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Windows fails to properly handle token relationships.An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could allow an application with a certain integrity level to execute code at a different integrity level, leading to a sandbox escape.The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles token relationships, aka 'Windows Token Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 69% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-863
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:windows_10
- microsoft:windows_server_2016
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157248/Microsoft-Windows-NtFilterToken-ParentTokenId-Incorrect-Setting-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0981
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157248/Microsoft-Windows-NtFilterToken-ParentTokenId-Incorrect-Setting-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0981