CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

CVE-2020-1027

Microsoft · Windows

Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Date added
BOD 22-01 due date
CWE CWE-787
Ransomware Unknown

CISA 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.

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