Vulnerability Details CVE-2020-16920
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Application Compatibility Client Library improperly handles registry operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges.</p>
<p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first need code execution on a victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Application Compatibility Client Library properly handles registry operations.</p>
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.109
EPSS Ranking 93.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 4.6
References
Products affected by CVE-2020-16920
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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: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:-