CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2020-0986
High (7.8) in Microsoft Windows. In CISA KEV since 2021-11-03. EPSS 16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1237, CVE-2020-1246, CVE-2020-1262, CVE-2020-1264, CVE-2020-1266, CVE-2020-1269, CVE-2020-1273, CVE-2020-1274, CVE-2020-1275, CVE-2020-1276, CVE-2020-1307, CVE-2020-1316.
Severity
- EPSS
- 16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 96% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CISA KEV
- listed 2021-11-03, due 2022-05-03
- CWE
- CWE-787
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:windows_10_1507
- microsoft:windows_10_1607
- microsoft:windows_10_1709
- microsoft:windows_10_1803
- microsoft:windows_10_1809
- microsoft:windows_10_1903
- microsoft:windows_10_1909
- microsoft:windows_10_2004
- microsoft:windows_8.1
- microsoft:windows_rt_8.1
- microsoft:windows_server_1803
- microsoft:windows_server_1903
- microsoft:windows_server_1909
- microsoft:windows_server_2004
- microsoft:windows_server_2012
- microsoft:windows_server_2016
- microsoft:windows_server_2019
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160698/Microsoft-Windows-splWOW64-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0986
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160698/Microsoft-Windows-splWOW64-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0986
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-0986