VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-1066

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability2.52%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-05-21
Last modified2026-08-19
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in .NET Framework which could allow an attacker to elevate their privilege level. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to access the local machine, and then run a malicious program. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how .NET Framework activates COM objects.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references