Vulnerability · Published Aug 17, 2020 · Assigned by microsoft
CVE-2020-1509Local Security Authority Subsystem Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-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 3.3% (higher than 88% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) when an authenticated attacker sends a specially crafted authentication request. A remote attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause an elevation of privilege on the target system's LSASS service. The security update addresses the vulnerability by changing the way that LSASS handles specially crafted authentication requests.