CVE-2020-1279HighCVSS 7.8

Windows Lockscreen Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published
June 9, 2020
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2020-1279 →

📋 Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Lockscreen fails to properly load spotlight images from a secure location. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute commands with elevated permissions. An authenticated attacker could modify a registry value to exploit this vulnerability. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring that the spotlight images are always loaded from a secure location.

🎯 Affected products28

  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 2004 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 2004 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 2004 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
  • Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server, version 2004 (Server Core installation)

✅ Remediation

KB4557957 (Security Update) KB4561621 (Security Update) KB4561608 (Security Update) KB4560960 (Security Update) KB4561602 (Security Update) KB4561616 (Security Update)

🔗 References (10)