CVE-2020-16901
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-10-16 22:17
Modified
2024-08-04 13:45
Severity ?
5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Summary
Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16901Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1909
MicrosoftWindows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)
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