CVE-2020-1027

Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
4.7%
EPSS
92%
Percentile
Yes
Known exploited
0
APAC news · 90d
Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows
Added to KEV
May 23, 2022
Remediation due
Jun 13, 2022 (US federal deadline)
Ransomware use
Not known
Weakness
CWE-787
EPSS
4.7% as of Nov 12
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Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
  • none recorded