CVE-2020-16885HighCVSS 7.8

Windows Storage VSP Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published
October 13, 2020
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2020-16885 →

📋 Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Storage VSP Driver improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first need code execution on a victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Storage VSP Driver properly handles file operations.

🎯 Affected products17

  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based 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 1903 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server, version 2004 (Server Core installation)

✅ Remediation

KB4580330 (Security Update) KB4577668 (Security Update) KB4580328 (Security Update) KB4577671 (Security Update) KB4579311 (Security Update) KB4580346 (Security Update)

🔗 References (13)