Vulnerability · Published May 21, 2020 · Assigned by microsoft
CVE-2020-1123Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Windows 10 Version 1507 from Microsoft. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 66% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A denial of service vulnerability exists when Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a system to stop responding. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service handles file operations.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service Denial of Service Vulnerability vendor-advisory, patch
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1123 x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred