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A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Edge PDF Reader improperly handles objects in memory. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that enables an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
To exploit the vulnerability, in a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a website that contains malicious PDF content. In addition, compromised websites and websites that accept or host user-provided content could contain specially crafted PDF content that could exploit the vulnerability. However, in all cases an attacker would have no way to force a user to view the attacker-controlled content. Instead, an attacker would have to convince a user to take action. For example, an attacker could trick a user into clicking a link that takes the user to the attacker's site.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how Microsoft Edge PDF Reader handles objects in memory.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.031
Published
2020-08-17
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed to exploit the vulnerability through Internet Explorer and then convince a user to view the website. An attacker could also embed an ActiveX control marked "safe for initialization" in an application or Microsoft Office document that hosts the IE rendering engine. The attacker could also take advantage of compromised websites and websites that accept or host user-provided content or advertisements. These websites could contain specially crafted content that could exploit the vulnerability.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how the scripting engine handles objects in memory.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.042
Published
2020-08-17
A denial of service vulnerability exists when .NET Core or .NET Framework improperly handles web requests, aka '.NET Core & .NET Framework Denial of Service Vulnerability'.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.024
Published
2020-05-21
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Windows Subsystem for Linux improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Subsystem for Linux Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2020-05-21
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1114.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2020-05-21
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows GDI component improperly discloses the contents of its memory, aka 'Windows GDI Information Disclosure Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0874, CVE-2020-0879, CVE-2020-0880, CVE-2020-0882.
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.207
Published
2020-03-12
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting improperly handles file operations.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.01
Published
2020-03-12
An elevation of privilege exists in Windows Audio Service. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability. This vulnerability by itself does not allow arbitrary code to be run. However, this vulnerability could be used in conjunction with one or more vulnerabilities (e.g. a remote code execution vulnerability and another elevation of privilege) that could take advantage of the elevated privileges when running.
The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Audio Service handles processes these requests.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2019-06-12
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Kernel improperly handles key enumeration, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.017
Published
2019-05-16
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows OLE fails to properly validate user input, aka 'Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.195
Published
2019-05-16