CVE-2020-1027

CVE-2020-1027 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows Kernel, affecting Microsoft products. It allows an attacker to gain elevated privileges due to how the kernel handles objects in memory. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Notably, this vulnerability has been actively exploited in the wild and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, despite the absence of public exploit code in common databases.