CVE-2020-1068
Microsoft Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Media Service that allows file creation in arbitrary locations. 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 and take control of an affected system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Media Service handles file creation.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoftCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.95% · top 38% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Elevation of Privilege
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1507
- affected 10.0.10240.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1607
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1709
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1803
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1909
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
References (2)
- Microsoft Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1068 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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