CVE-2020-16938
Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- Published
- Oct 16, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 82.6%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
<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>
Sources
1- CVE-2020-16938Exploit
Bypassing NTFS permissions to read any files as unprivileged user.
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