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CVE-2020-1423

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Subsystem for Linux handles files, aka 'Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Published

2020-07-14T23:15:18.247

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:10:28.497

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	microsoft	windows_10	2004	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_server_2016	2004	Yes

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1423 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1423 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)