PT-2020-2863 · Microsoft · Windows

Zhiniang Peng · Published 2020-06-09 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-1222

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 Microsoft Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to errors in handling memory objects, which can be exploited to elevate privileges. An attacker would first need to gain execution on the victim system. This can be achieved with a specially crafted application.

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:2020-03017

CVE-2020-1222

Affected Products

Windows

References · 6

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1222 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1222 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1222 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1222 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1222 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-03017 · Security Note