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CVE-2020-17077:
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Overview
Windows Update Stack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2020-17077) was disclosed in November 2020. This vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows, including Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has received 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 (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on the affected system, potentially leading to complete system compromise with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).
Exploitability
The vulnerability requires local access and low privileges for exploitation. No public exploits were known at the time of disclosure (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability as part of the November 2020 Patch Tuesday updates. Users are advised to apply the available security updates to affected systems (ZDNET).
Additional resources
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