CVE-2020-17099HighCVSS 6.8

Windows Lock Screen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Published
December 8, 2020
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2020-17099 →

📋 Description

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? An authenticated user would need to lock their active session. An attacker with physical access could then perform actions that would allow them to execute code from the Windows lock screen in the context of the active user session. NOTE: This can only be exploited if a user has already logged in and locked their session.

🎯 Affected products14

  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 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 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)

✅ Remediation

KB4592446 (Security Update) KB4592440 (Security Update) KB4592464 (Security Update) KB4593226 (Security Update)

🔗 References (9)