FKIE_CVE-2020-0638

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-01-14 23:15 - Updated: 2025-10-29 14:33
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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'.
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0638Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0638Patch, Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-0638US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft windows_10_1709 -
microsoft windows_10_1709 -
microsoft windows_10_1803 -
microsoft windows_10_1803 -
microsoft windows_10_1809 -
microsoft windows_10_1809 -
microsoft windows_10_1809 -
microsoft windows_10_1903 -
microsoft windows_10_1903 -
microsoft windows_10_1903 -
microsoft windows_10_1909 -
microsoft windows_10_1909 -
microsoft windows_10_1909 -
microsoft windows_server_1803 -
microsoft windows_server_1903 -
microsoft windows_server_1909 -
microsoft windows_server_2019 -
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