Security Advisory

CVE-2020-16939

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-10-16 22:17:57
Last updated 2024-08-04 13:45:34
Assigner microsoft
CVSS score 7.8
State PUBLISHED

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Group Policy improperly checks access. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, and then run a specially crafted application to take control over the affected system.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Group Policy checks access.</p>