CVE-2020-1152

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Win32k.sys. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted script or application.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles calls to Win32k.</p>

Primary references

• secure@microsoft.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory