An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Runtime improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in an elevated context.
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system.
The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Windows Runtime handles objects in memory.
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system.
The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Windows Runtime handles objects in memory.
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| Description | An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Runtime improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1077, CVE-2020-1086, CVE-2020-1090, CVE-2020-1125, CVE-2020-1139, CVE-2020-1149, CVE-2020-1151, CVE-2020-1155, CVE-2020-1156, CVE-2020-1158, CVE-2020-1164. | An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Runtime improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in an elevated context. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Windows Runtime handles objects in memory. |
| Title | Windows Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | |
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Microsoft windows 10 1507
Microsoft windows 10 1607 Microsoft windows 10 1803 Microsoft windows 10 1809 Microsoft windows 10 1909 Microsoft windows Server 1803 Microsoft windows Server 1903 Microsoft windows Server 1909 |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* 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_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-19T16:33:14.416Z
Reserved: 2019-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-1157
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Status : Modified
Published: 2020-05-21T23:15:17.447
Modified: 2026-08-19T17:17:27.740
Link: CVE-2020-1157
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