Local privilege escalation via COM object creation
Published Feb 11, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
An elevation of privilege flaw in Microsoft Windows allows local users to gain higher privileges through improperly handled COM object creation. Microsoft has not publicly described the specific COM creation operation or code path that mishandles untrusted requests; the documented consequence is local privilege escalation affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Summary
What happened
An elevation of privilege flaw in Microsoft Windows allows local users to gain higher privileges through improperly handled COM object creation. Microsoft has not publicly described the specific COM creation operation or code path that mishandles untrusted requests; the documented consequence is local privilege escalation affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-0685
- Published
- Feb 11, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 10 Version 1909
- Classifications
- T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 11, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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