Description
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Shell infrastructure component improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.</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 update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way in which the Shell infrastructure component handles objects in memory and preventing unintended elevation from lower integrity application.</p>
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803
10.0.0 to < publicationaffected
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
10.0.0 to < publicationaffected
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
10.0.0 to < publicationaffected
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909
10.0.0 to < publicationaffected
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
10.0.0 to < publicationaffected
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709
10.0.0 to < publicationaffected
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
10.0.0 to < publicationaffected
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
10.0.0 to < publicationaffected
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
10.0.0 to < publicationaffected
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
10.0.0 to < publicationaffected
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
10.0.0 to < publicationaffected