Microsoft Windows Kernel CVE-2020-1237 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Kernel properly handles objects in memory.

Affected Applications

Windows Server version 2004 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server version 1903 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
Windows 10
Windows Server version 1909 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2019

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