<p>A local elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in how splwow64.exe handles certain calls. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could elevate privileges on an affected system from low-integrity to medium-integrity.</p>
<p>This vulnerability by itself does not allow arbitrary code execution; however, it could allow arbitrary code to be run if the attacker uses it in combination with another vulnerability (such as a remote code execution vulnerability or another elevation of privilege vulnerability) that is capable of leveraging the elevated privileges when code execution is attempted.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring splwow64.exe properly handles these calls..</p>
References
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https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0790 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: 2020-09-11T17:08:22
Updated: 2023-12-31T21:34:19.770Z
Reserved: 2019-11-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-0790
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-09-11T17:15:13.840
Modified: 2023-12-31T22:15:44.727
Link: CVE-2020-0790
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