CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-1068

Published: May 21, 2020 | Modified: Aug 19, 2026
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Media Service that allows file creation in arbitrary locations. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Media Service handles file creation.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Windows_10Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_10Microsoft1607 (including)1607 (including)
Windows_10Microsoft1709 (including)1709 (including)
Windows_10Microsoft1803 (including)1803 (including)
Windows_10Microsoft1809 (including)1809 (including)
Windows_10Microsoft1903 (including)1903 (including)
Windows_10Microsoft1909 (including)1909 (including)
Windows_server_2016Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_server_2016Microsoft1803 (including)1803 (including)
Windows_server_2016Microsoft1903 (including)1903 (including)
Windows_server_2016Microsoft1909 (including)1909 (including)
Windows_server_2019Microsoft- (including)- (including)

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