Microsoft Windows Sync Host Service CVE-2020-1434 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Sync Host Service handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could allow an application with limited privileges on an affected system to execute code at a medium integrity level. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Sync Host Service handles objects in memory.

Affected Applications

Windows Server version 2004 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server version 1903 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2016
Windows 10
Windows Server version 1909 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2019

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