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CVE-2020-1159

Severity Medium
Score 6.6/10

Summary

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the StartTileData.dll handles file creation in protected locations. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the StartTileData.dll properly handles this type of function.</p>

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • LOW

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published