CVE-2020-1253

MediumCVSS 6.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows kernel-mode driver fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1207, CVE-2020-1247, CVE-2020-1251, CVE-2020-1310.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.7/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 9, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2020-1253: Medium severity, CVSS 6.7 | Vulnix