CVE-2020-1186 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting the Windows State Repository Service in Microsoft Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019. This vulnerability arises from improper handling of objects in memory by the service. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), successful exploitation allows a local attacker with low privileges to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The attack complexity is low, requiring no user interaction. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No), nor are there public exploit modules available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Despite this, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, notably being addressed in the May 2020 Patch Tuesday.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1607CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1709CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1803CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1809CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1903CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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