CVE-2020-1279 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Lockscreen affecting Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019, caused by its failure to securely load spotlight images. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code exists (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it's not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, it received minimal community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| 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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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.