CVE-2020-1152
Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Win32k.sys. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted script or application.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles calls to Win32k.</p>
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoftCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.60% · top 51% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
- Elevation of Privilege
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1803
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1909
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1709
- 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 x64-based Systems
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 2004
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server version 2004
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1507
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1607
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
- affected 6.3.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012
- affected 6.2.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
- affected 6.2.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2
- affected 6.3.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
- affected 6.3.0 – < publication
References (1)
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1152 (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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