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CVE-2020-1027

KEV

Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Vendor / Project
Microsoft
Product
Windows
Date added
May 23, 2022
Due date
Jun 13, 2022
Known ransomware use
Unknown
CWEs
CWE-787

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.

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