CVE-2020-16939
Group Policy Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Published
- Oct 16, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Evidence observed
- Aug 4, 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
- 83.3%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
<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>
Sources
1PoC code for CVE-2020-16939 Windows Group Policy DACL Overwrite Privilege Escalation
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