CVE-2020-1034
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Published
- Sep 11, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Evidence observed
- Aug 5, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 91.6%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
<p>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.</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 Kernel properly handles objects in memory.</p>
Sources
1PoC demonstrating the use of cve-2020-1034 for privilege escalation
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