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CVE-2020-0638: Microsoft Update Notification Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2020-0638
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Microsoft Update Notification Manager contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Microsoftproduct: Update Notification ManagerPrivilege escalationOther
What
Microsoft Update Notification Manager contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.
Who is affected
Deployments of Microsoft Update Notification Manager.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Update to the latest version of Microsoft Update Notification Manager.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-05-23
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0638

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2020-0638coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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