CVE-2020-16980HighCVSS 7.8

Windows iSCSI Target Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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

CVE-2020-16980 →

📋 Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows iSCSI Target Service 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 iSCSI Target Service properly handles file operations.

🎯 Affected products11

  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • 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 1909 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server, version 2004 (Server Core installation)

✅ Remediation

KB4577668 (Security Update) KB4577671 (Security Update) KB4579311 (Security Update) KB4580346 (Security Update) KB4580382 (Monthly Rollup) KB4580353 (Security Only) KB4580347 (Monthly Rollup) KB4580358 (Security Only)

🔗 References (17)