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CVE-2020-16895 An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles a process…

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles a process crash. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could delete a targeted file leading to an elevated status.</p> <p>To exploit this 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.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Error Reporting manager handles process crashes.</p>

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Windows 10 Version 1803 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows 10 Version 1809 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows Server 2019 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows 10 Version 1909 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation) 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
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Product Affected versions Fixed in
Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation) 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows 10 Version 2004 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows Server version 2004 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
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