CVE-2020-0898: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2020-0898 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability that exists when the Windows Graphics Component improperly handles objects in memory. The vulnerability was disclosed on March 12, 2020, and affects various versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems (NVD).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability requires local access, low attack complexity, low privileges, and no user interaction to exploit. The vulnerability can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on affected systems. The attacker could then potentially gain the same level of access as a user with administrative privileges, enabling them to install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights (NVD).

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the appropriate security updates for their affected Windows systems through Windows Update or Microsoft's security advisory (Microsoft Advisory).