CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2020-1027
High (7.8) in Microsoft Windows. In CISA KEV since 2022-05-23. EPSS 4.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0913, CVE-2020-1000, CVE-2020-1003.
Severity
- EPSS
- 4.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 91% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CISA KEV
- listed 2022-05-23, due 2022-06-13
- 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_7
- microsoft:windows_8.1
- microsoft:windows_rt_8.1
- microsoft:windows_server_1803
- microsoft:windows_server_1903
- microsoft:windows_server_1909
- microsoft:windows_server_2008
- microsoft:windows_server_2012
- microsoft:windows_server_2016
- microsoft:windows_server_2019
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168068/Windows-sxs-CNodeFactory-XMLParser_Element_doc_assembly_assemblyIdentity-Heap-Buffer-Overflow.html
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1027
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168068/Windows-sxs-CNodeFactory-XMLParser_Element_doc_assembly_assemblyIdentity-Heap-Buffer-Overflow.html
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1027
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-1027