Microsoft Windows CVE-2020-1015 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the User-Mode Power Service (UMPS) 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 User-Mode Power Service properly handles objects in memory.

Affected Applications

Windows RT 8.1
Windows Server version 1903 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
Windows Server 2012
Windows 8
Windows Server 2008
Windows 10
Windows 7
Windows Server version 1909 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2019

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