Vulnerability · Published Sep 11, 2020 · Assigned by microsoft
CVE-2020-1590Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Medium 6.6
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Windows 10 Version 1809 from Microsoft. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 58% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on the victim system.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, then run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service handles file operations.</p>
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1809 | 10.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2019 | 10.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) | 10.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1909 | 10.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation) | 10.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems | 10.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems | 10.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems | 10.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation) | 10.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 2004 | 10.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server version 2004 | 10.0.0 – before publication |