Microsoft Windows Registry CVE-2020-1194 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Windows Registry improperly handles filesystem operations. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause a denial of service against a system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker who has access to the system could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Registry handles filesystem operations and only allowing the tracing to be captured under the default path.

Affected Applications

Windows RT 8.1
Windows Server version 2004 (Server Core installation)
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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