CVE-2020-0638 (GCVE-0-2020-0638)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-14 23:11 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:35
VLAI? CISA
Summary
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way the Update Notification Manager handles files.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Update Notification Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Elevation of Privilege
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Windows Affected: 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
Affected: 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
Affected: 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
Affected: 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
Affected: 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
Affected: 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
Affected: 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
Affected: 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
Affected: 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2022-05-23

Due date: 2022-06-13

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Known

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0638

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