CVE-2020-1437: High severity windows 10 vulnerability
Published Jul 14, 2020
·Updated
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Network Location Awareness Service handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Network Location Awareness Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Affected Software
20 affected components
Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft Windows 10=1607
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 7=sp1
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows RT 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2008=sp2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008=r2-sp1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012=r2
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Microsoft Windows Server 2016=1903
Microsoft Windows Server 2016=1909
Microsoft Windows Server 2016=2004
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Remediation
Event History
Jul 14, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·10:54 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·10:54 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What level of access does an attacker need to exploit this issue?
Exploitation requires local access and low privileges; it does not require user interaction. The vulnerability can be used to elevate privileges on an affected system.
2
Which Windows platforms are listed as affected?
Affected software includes Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2019.
3
What remediation is available?
A patch is available. Apply the vendor-provided update for the affected Windows version.