VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-1272

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.81%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-06-09
Last modified2026-06-17
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 the Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to properly sanitize input leading to an insecure library loading behavior.A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1277, CVE-2020-1302, CVE-2020-1312.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references