CVE-2020-1418 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows Diagnostics Execution Service, affecting Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019. This flaw stems from improper input sanitization, leading to insecure library loading. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it can be exploited locally with low complexity, allowing an attacker to gain high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1709CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* | ||
1709CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
1709CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* | ||
1803CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* | ||
1803CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* |
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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