Vulnerability Details CVE-2020-1078
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Installer because of the way Windows Installer handles certain filesystem operations.
To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would require unprivileged execution on the victim system. After successfully exploiting the vulnerability, an attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way Windows Installer handles certain filesystem operations.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.008
EPSS Ranking 56.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 4.6
References
Products affected by CVE-2020-1078
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1803
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1909
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-