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CVE:
CVE-2020-16900
Published
2020-10-16
CVSS:
7.0
ShadowTrackr CVSS:
6.4
Summary:
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Event System improperly handles objects in memory.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Event System handles objects in memory.</p>