An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.
To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Kernel properly handles objects in memory.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-11977 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.
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Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Description 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. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Kernel properly handles objects in memory.
Title Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
First Time appeared Microsoft windows 10 1809
Microsoft windows 10 1909
Microsoft windows Server 1803
Microsoft windows Server 1903
Microsoft windows Server 1909
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Microsoft windows 10 1809
Microsoft windows 10 1909
Microsoft windows Server 1803
Microsoft windows Server 1903
Microsoft windows Server 1909
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-19T16:33:58.640Z

Reserved: 2019-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-1087

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-05-21T23:15:13.790

Modified: 2026-08-19T17:17:15.783

Link: CVE-2020-1087

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