PT-2020-2788 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2020-06-09 · Updated 2025-10-29 · CVE-2020-1266

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insecure privilege management in the Windows operating system kernel. It allows an attacker to potentially elevate their privileges and execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted application. This can affect the system.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-02883

CVE-2020-1266

Affected Products

Windows

References · 9

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1266 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1266 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1266 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1266 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02883 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1266 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/4251 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/140799 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/117879 · Telegram Post