CVE-2020-1491: Windows Function Discovery Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
First published: Fri Sep 11 2020(Updated: )
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Function Discovery 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 Function Discovery Service properly handles objects in memory.</p>
Credit: secure@microsoft.com secure@microsoft.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| =1607 | ||
| =1709 | ||
| =1803 | ||
| =1809 | ||
| =1903 | ||
| =1909 | ||
| =2004 | ||
| =sp1 | ||
| =sp2 | ||
| =r2-sp1 | ||
| =r2 | ||
| =1903 | ||
| =1909 | ||
| =2004 | ||
| 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 |
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