CVE-2020-1272: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability (CVE-2020-1272) was discovered in the Windows Installer component. The vulnerability was disclosed on June 9, 2020, affecting various versions of Microsoft Windows. The issue stems from the Windows Installer's failure to properly sanitize input, which leads to an insecure library loading behavior (CVE Details).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 7.0, indicating a high severity level. The attack requires local access (AV:L) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no authentication (Au:N). The vulnerability can result in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:C/I:C/A:C) (Rapid7).

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows a locally authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated system privileges, effectively gaining administrative control over the affected system (CVE Details).

The vulnerability requires local access to the system for exploitation. An attacker would need to be already authenticated on the system to exploit this vulnerability (Rapid7).

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability across multiple Windows versions, including Windows 10 (versions 1507 through 2004), Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019. Users are advised to apply the appropriate security updates for their system version (Rapid7).