CVE-2020-1423

7.8 highEPSS 0.8%

High (7.8) in microsoft. EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Subsystem for Linux handles files, aka 'Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 55% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2020-07-14
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

microsoft:windows_10
microsoft:windows_server_2016

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1423
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1423

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