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CVE-2020-1138

Medium

Elevated severity or exploit probability.

CVSS base
7.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.9%
56.8th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
Published 2020-05-21 · modified 2026-08-19

CVSS breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLLocal
Attack ComplexityHHigh
Privileges RequiredLLow
User InteractionNNone
ScopeUUnchanged
ConfidentialityHHigh
IntegrityHHigh
AvailabilityHHigh

Timeline

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Storage Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on the victim system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, then run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Storage Services handles file operations.

Affected

microsoft

References

Official: NVD · CVE.org