Tracker / CVE-2020-16939
CVE-2020-16939
High 7.8
<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>
Affected products and versions
| microsoft | windows_10 |
|---|---|
| microsoft | windows_7 |
| microsoft | windows_8.1 |
| microsoft | windows_rt_8.1 |
| microsoft | windows_server_2008 |
| microsoft | windows_server_2012 |
| microsoft | windows_server_2016 |
| microsoft | windows_server_2019 |
Analysis
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