CVE-2020-1187: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows State Repository Service when it improperly handles objects in memory, identified as CVE-2020-1187. This vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 (NVD, MITRE).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the vector string 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, while potentially impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability at high levels (NVD).

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on affected systems, potentially leading to complete system compromise with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).

The vulnerability requires local access and low privileges for exploitation. The attack complexity is considered low, suggesting that the vulnerability is relatively straightforward to exploit once an attacker has the necessary local access (NVD).

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the appropriate patches through Windows Update to protect their systems (MITRE).