What is GHSA-7w6m-8mfc-vmrr?

GHSA-7w6m-8mfc-vmrr is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-7w6m-8mfc-vmrr cover?

GHSA-7w6m-8mfc-vmrr covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2020-1087. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-7w6m-8mfc-vmrr?

GHSA-7w6m-8mfc-vmrr has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-7w6m-8mfc-vmrrMediumCVSS 7.8

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 24, 2022

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2020-1087 →

📋 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.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1087
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1087
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1087
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7w6m-8mfc-vmrr