What is GHSA-mwj9-hhpc-wqxr?

GHSA-mwj9-hhpc-wqxr is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Clipboard...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-mwj9-hhpc-wqxr cover?

GHSA-mwj9-hhpc-wqxr covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2020-1165. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-mwj9-hhpc-wqxr?

GHSA-mwj9-hhpc-wqxr has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-mwj9-hhpc-wqxrHighCVSS 7.8

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Clipboard...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 24, 2022

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2020-1165 →

📋 Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Clipboard Service, aka 'Windows Clipboard Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1111, CVE-2020-1121, CVE-2020-1166.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1165
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1165
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1165
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mwj9-hhpc-wqxr