PoC Index

CVE-2020-16939

HIGH 7.8EPSS 2.4%

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Group Policy improperly checks access. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.</p><p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, and then run a specially crafted application to take control over the affected system.</p><p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Group Policy checks access.</p>

CVSS v3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
2.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 83th percentile
Published
2020-10-16
Updated
2024-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

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