Vulnerabilities (CVE)

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Total 3069 CVE
CVE Vendors Products Updated CVSS v2 CVSS v3
CVE-2020-1467 1 Microsoft 8 Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and 5 more 2024-01-19 7.2 HIGH 10.0 CRITICAL
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could overwrite a targeted file leading to an elevated status. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles hard links.
CVE-2020-1464 1 Microsoft 8 Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and 5 more 2024-01-19 2.1 LOW 7.8 HIGH
A spoofing vulnerability exists when Windows incorrectly validates file signatures. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass security features and load improperly signed files. In an attack scenario, an attacker could bypass security features intended to prevent improperly signed files from being loaded. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows validates file signatures.
CVE-2020-1383 1 Microsoft 8 Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and 5 more 2024-01-19 2.1 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in RPC if the server has Routing and Remote Access enabled. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to run a specially crafted application against an RPC server which has Routing and Remote Access enabled. Routing and Remote Access is a non-default configuration; systems without it enabled are not vulnerable. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Routing and Remote Access service handles requests.
CVE-2020-1380 1 Microsoft 9 Internet Explorer, Windows 10, Windows 7 and 6 more 2024-01-19 7.6 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed to exploit the vulnerability through Internet Explorer and then convince a user to view the website. An attacker could also embed an ActiveX control marked "safe for initialization" in an application or Microsoft Office document that hosts the IE rendering engine. The attacker could also take advantage of compromised websites and websites that accept or host user-provided content or advertisements. These websites could contain specially crafted content that could exploit the vulnerability. The security update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how the scripting engine handles objects in memory.
CVE-2020-1379 1 Microsoft 8 Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and 5 more 2024-01-19 6.8 MEDIUM 5.5 MEDIUM
A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such as by convincing a user to open a specially crafted document, or by convincing a user to visit a malicious webpage. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Media Foundation handles objects in memory.
CVE-2020-1378 1 Microsoft 8 Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and 5 more 2024-01-19 7.2 HIGH 7.5 HIGH
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Kernel API improperly handles registry objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system. A locally authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by helping to ensure that the Windows Kernel API properly handles objects in memory.
CVE-2020-1377 1 Microsoft 8 Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and 5 more 2024-01-19 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Kernel API improperly handles registry objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system. A locally authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by helping to ensure that the Windows Kernel API properly handles objects in memory.
CVE-2020-1339 1 Microsoft 8 Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and 5 more 2024-01-19 9.3 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Media Audio Codec improperly handles objects. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected system. There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such as by convincing a user to open a specially crafted document, or by convincing a user to visit a malicious webpage. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Media Audio Codec handles objects.
CVE-2020-1337 1 Microsoft 8 Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and 5 more 2024-01-19 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Print Spooler service improperly allows arbitrary writing to the file system. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted script or application. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Print Spooler Component writes to the file system.
CVE-2020-1046 1 Microsoft 8 .net Framework, Windows 10, Windows 7 and 5 more 2024-01-19 9.3 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft .NET Framework processes input. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take control of an affected system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would need to be able to upload a specially crafted file to a web application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how .NET Framework processes input.
CVE-2020-1598 1 Microsoft 8 Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and 5 more 2023-12-31 4.6 MEDIUM 6.1 MEDIUM
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted script or application.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows UPnP service handles objects in memory.</p>
CVE-2020-1596 1 Microsoft 8 Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and 5 more 2023-12-31 2.9 LOW 5.4 MEDIUM
<p>A information disclosure vulnerability exists when TLS components use weak hash algorithms. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise a users's encrypted transmission channel.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how TLS components use hash algorithms.</p>
CVE-2020-1593 1 Microsoft 8 Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and 5 more 2023-12-31 6.8 MEDIUM 7.6 HIGH
<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Media Audio Decoder improperly handles objects. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected system.</p> <p>There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such as by convincing a user to open a specially crafted document, or by convincing a user to visit a malicious webpage.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Media Audio Decoder handles objects.</p>
CVE-2020-1589 1 Microsoft 8 Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and 5 more 2023-12-31 2.1 LOW 4.4 MEDIUM
<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application. The vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate user rights directly, but it could be used to obtain information that could be used to try to further compromise the affected system.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows kernel handles objects in memory.</p>
CVE-2020-1559 1 Microsoft 8 Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and 5 more 2023-12-31 4.6 MEDIUM 7.8 HIGH
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Storage Services improperly handle file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first need code execution on a victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Storage Services properly handle file operations.</p>
CVE-2020-1508 1 Microsoft 8 Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and 5 more 2023-12-31 9.3 HIGH 7.6 HIGH
<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Media Audio Decoder improperly handles objects. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected system.</p> <p>There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such as by convincing a user to open a specially crafted document, or by convincing a user to visit a malicious webpage.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Media Audio Decoder handles objects.</p>
CVE-2020-1491 1 Microsoft 8 Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and 5 more 2023-12-31 4.6 MEDIUM 7.8 HIGH
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Function Discovery Service handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Function Discovery Service properly handles objects in memory.</p>
CVE-2020-1376 1 Microsoft 8 Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and 5 more 2023-12-31 4.6 MEDIUM 7.8 HIGH
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that fdSSDP.dll handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the ssdpsrv.dll properly handles objects in memory.</p>
CVE-2020-1285 1 Microsoft 8 Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and 5 more 2023-12-31 9.3 HIGH 8.4 HIGH
<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) handles objects in the memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.</p> <p>There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability:</p> <ul> <li>In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed to exploit the vulnerability and then convince users to view the website. An attacker would have no way to force users to view the attacker-controlled content. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to take action, typically by getting them to open an email attachment or click a link in an email or instant message.</li> <li>In a file-sharing attack scenario, an attacker could provide a specially crafted document file that is designed to exploit the vulnerability, and then convince users to open the document file.</li> </ul> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way that the Windows GDI handles objects in the memory.</p>
CVE-2020-1256 1 Microsoft 8 Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and 5 more 2023-12-31 4.3 MEDIUM 5.5 MEDIUM
<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows GDI component improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.</p> <p>There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such as by convincing a user to open a specially crafted document, or by convincing a user to visit an untrusted webpage.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows GDI component handles objects in memory.</p>