Vulnerability Details CVE-2020-16887
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Network Connections Service handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.</p>
<p>To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Network Connections Service properly handles objects in memory.</p>
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.007
EPSS Ranking 71.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 4.6
References
Products affected by CVE-2020-16887
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1909
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:2004
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-