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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-0709
CVE-2020-0709:
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Overview
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory, known as 'DirectX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. The vulnerability was disclosed in February 2020 and was assigned identifier CVE-2020-0709. This vulnerability is distinct from CVE-2020-0732 and affects Microsoft Windows systems (MITRE CVE).
Technical details
The vulnerability is related to how DirectX handles objects in memory, which could lead to elevation of privilege. The vulnerability was included in Microsoft's February 2020 Patch Tuesday release, which addressed a total of 98 vulnerabilities (Talos Blog).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on affected systems, potentially enabling them to execute arbitrary code with higher privileges (MITRE CVE).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability as part of their February 2020 Patch Tuesday updates. Users are advised to apply the security updates provided by Microsoft to mitigate this vulnerability (Talos Blog).
Additional resources
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