CVE-2020-1336
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Kernel properly handles objects in memory.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 8 months later
· 8 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 | 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)
- 0.94% · top 39% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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 2004
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server version 2004
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
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 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
References (1)
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1336 (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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