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CVE-2020-1027: Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2020-1027
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.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Microsoftproduct: Windows KernelPrivilege escalation
What
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Kernel's handling of objects in memory.
Who is affected
Users of Microsoft Windows are affected by this vulnerability.
Urgency
Remediation is critical due to active exploitation and high severity.
Action
Apply the latest security updates for Windows.

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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-2020-1027

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-2020-1027coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

Recent advisories for Microsoft Windows Kernel

A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.

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