CVE-2020-1165: Windows Clipboard Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
This Microsoft advisory covers CVE-2020-1165 in Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation) and Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation).
- CVE-2020-1165
Key facts
- Vendor rating
- High, CVSS 7.8
- CISA KEV
- Not listed (catalogue checked )
- Affected
- Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems 10.0.0 before publication; Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems 10.0.0 before publication; Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems 10.0.0 before publication and 3 more below
- Fixed in
- publication
- Source published
- Source revised
- Listed by VulniPulse
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Affected products & platforms
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Clipboard Service. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the security context of the local system.
An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. 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 over an affected system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles calls to Clipboard Service.
Affected products named by the advisory: Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation); Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation).
Text from the source record.
- Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems 10.0.0 before publication
- Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems 10.0.0 before publication
- Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems 10.0.0 before publication
- Windows 10 Version 1909 10.0.0 before publication
- Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation) 10.0.0 before publication
- Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation) 10.0.0 before publication
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How to fix CVE-2020-1165
Upgrade to a fixed release named by Microsoft:
- publication
Vendor guidance
- An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
- The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles calls to Clipboard Service.
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