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CVE-2020-0986 KEV

7.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 15.9% (pctl 97)

Patch first

On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-05-03.

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1237, CVE-2020-1246, CVE-2020-1262, CVE-2020-1264, CVE-2020-1266, CVE-2020-1269, CVE-2020-1273, CVE-2020-1274, CVE-2020-1275, CVE-2020-1276, CVE-2020-1307, CVE-2020-1316.

Scoring

CVSS7.8 (HIGH, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS15.93% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-787
On CISA KEVyes — remediate by 2022-05-03
Public exploitnone known
Published2020-06-09
Last modified2026-06-17

CISA KEV

NameMicrosoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Added2021-11-03
Due2022-05-03
Vendor / productMicrosoft / Windows
Ransomware usenone reported

Affected (17)

VendorProduct
microsoftwindows 10 1507
microsoftwindows 10 1607
microsoftwindows 10 1709
microsoftwindows 10 1803
microsoftwindows 10 1809
microsoftwindows 10 1903
microsoftwindows 10 1909
microsoftwindows 10 2004
microsoftwindows 8.1
microsoftwindows rt 8.1
microsoftwindows server 1803
microsoftwindows server 1903
microsoftwindows server 1909
microsoftwindows server 2004
microsoftwindows server 2012
microsoftwindows server 2016
microsoftwindows server 2019

References

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