Vulnerability · Published Jun 9, 2020 · Assigned by microsoft

CVE-2020-1269

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Windows from Microsoft. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 36.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

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-2020-0986, CVE-2020-1237, CVE-2020-1246, CVE-2020-1262, CVE-2020-1264, CVE-2020-1266, CVE-2020-1273, CVE-2020-1274, CVE-2020-1275, CVE-2020-1276, CVE-2020-1307, CVE-2020-1316.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 2004 for x64-based Systems	unspecified
Microsoft	Windows Server, version 2004 (Server Core installation)	unspecified
Microsoft	Windows	10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
Microsoft	Windows Server	version 1803 (Core Installation)20192019 (Core installation)20162016 (Core installation)2012 R22012 R2 (Core installation)
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems	unspecified
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems	unspecified
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems	unspecified
Microsoft	Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)	unspecified
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems	unspecified
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems	unspecified
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems	unspecified
Microsoft	Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)	unspecified
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 2004 for 32-bit Systems	unspecified
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 2004 for ARM64-based Systems	unspecified

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1269 x_refsource_MISC
openSUSE-SU-2020:1421 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
openSUSE-SU-2020:1468 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE