Actively exploited · Published Jun 9, 2020 · Assigned by microsoft
CVE-2020-0986
High 7.8 Exploited
In plain English
A high-severity out-of-bounds write in Windows from Microsoft. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on November 3, 2021). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 16.4% (higher than 97% of all known vulnerabilities). Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA guidance
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Federal agencies must remediate by May 3, 2022.
Official description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1237, CVE-2020-1246, CVE-2020-1262, CVE-2020-1264, CVE-2020-1266, CVE-2020-1269, CVE-2020-1273, CVE-2020-1274, CVE-2020-1275, CVE-2020-1276, CVE-2020-1307, CVE-2020-1316.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0986 x_refsource_MISC
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160698/Microsoft-Windows-splWOW64-Privilege-Escalation.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-0986 government-resource