CVE-2020-17057
HighPublished
Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Published
- Nov 11, 2020
- Updated
- Sep 10, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
7.8/ 10High
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H1.9%
Low · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 78.1%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Sources
2- CVE-2020-17057Exploit
Windows kernel exploit for CVE-2020-17057 using palette objects with dangling data pointers, targeting type isolation bypass for privilege escalation.
cve-2020-17057 poc
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