CVE-2020-1312: High severity windows 10 vulnerability

Published Jun 9, 2020

Updated

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Installer because of the way Windows Installer handles certain filesystem operations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would require unprivileged execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1272, CVE-2020-1277, CVE-2020-1302.

Affected Software

11 affected components

Microsoft Windows 10=1709

Microsoft Windows 10=1803

Microsoft Windows 10=1809

Microsoft Windows 10=1903

Microsoft Windows 10=1909

Microsoft Windows 10=2004

Microsoft Windows Server 2016=1803

Microsoft Windows Server 2016=1903

Microsoft Windows Server 2016=1909

Microsoft Windows Server 2016=2004

Microsoft Windows Server 2019

Remediation

Patch Available

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1312

Event History

Jun 9, 2020

CVE Published

via MITRE·07:44 PM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·07:44 PM

DescriptionWeakness

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-1312?

CVE-2020-1312 has a severity rating of important according to Microsoft's security guidelines.

How do I fix CVE-2020-1312?

To fix CVE-2020-1312, apply the latest security update provided by Microsoft for your affected version of Windows.

Which versions of Windows are affected by CVE-2020-1312?

CVE-2020-1312 affects multiple versions of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 and 2019.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2020-1312?

CVE-2020-1312 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Installer.

What would an attacker need to exploit CVE-2020-1312?

An attacker would require unprivileged execution on the victim system to exploit CVE-2020-1312.