CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-1144

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
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows State Repository Service improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in an elevated context. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Windows State Repository Service handles objects in memory.

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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