CVE-2020-1524: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2020-1524 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability that exists in the Windows Speech Shell Components due to improper memory handling. The vulnerability was discovered and reported to Microsoft, who assigned it a CVE identifier in November 2019 (MITRE). The affected systems include multiple versions of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 (NVD).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 HIGH (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). The vulnerability exists due to improper memory handling in Windows Speech Shell Components, requiring local access for exploitation (NVD).

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows an attacker who has already gained execution privileges on a system to elevate their privileges further by running a specially crafted application (MITRE).

To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first need to gain execution access on the target system. Once achieved, they could run a specially crafted application to elevate their privileges (MITRE).

Microsoft has addressed this vulnerability by releasing a security update that corrects how the Windows Speech Shell Components handle memory (MITRE).