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CVE-2020-1159medium

Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

13Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 6.6epss 0.7%
exploitation probability
0.7%top 50% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the StartTileData.dll handles file creation in protected locations. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the StartTileData.dll properly handles this type of function.</p>
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C