CVE-2020-1090

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Aug 19, 2026

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Runtime improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in an elevated context. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Windows Runtime handles objects in memory.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1607>= 10.0.14393.0, < publication
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1709>= 10.0.0, < publication
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems>= 10.0.0, < publication
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1803>= 10.0.0, < publication
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1809>= 10.0.17763.0, < publication
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1809>= 10.0.0, < publication
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems>= 10.0.0, < publication
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems>= 10.0.0, < publication
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems>= 10.0.0, < publication
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1909>= 10.0.0, < publication
MicrosoftWindows Server 2016>= 10.0.14393.0, < publication
MicrosoftWindows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)>= 10.0.14393.0, < publication
MicrosoftWindows Server 2019>= 10.0.17763.0, < publication
MicrosoftWindows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)>= 10.0.17763.0, < publication
MicrosoftWindows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)>= 10.0.0, < publication
MicrosoftWindows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)>= 10.0.0, < publication
MicrosoftWindows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)>= 10.0.0, < publication

References

Timeline

Published
May 21, 2020
Last modified
Aug 19, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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