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Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Project:Microsoft

Product:Windows

Date Added:2022-05-23Due Date::2022-06-13

Vulnerability Name

Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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.

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns?

Unknown

Action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Additional Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1027

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