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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2020-1078

Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507

  • 10.0.10240.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607

  • 10.0.14393.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809

  • 10.0.17763.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809

  • 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 ARM64-based Systems

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 7

  • 6.1.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1

  • 6.1.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 8.1

  • 6.3.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1

  • 6.1.7601.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)

  • 6.1.7601.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

  • 6.0.6003.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)

  • 6.0.6003.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2012

  • 6.2.9200.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)

  • 6.2.9200.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

  • 6.3.9600.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

  • 6.3.9600.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2016

  • 10.0.14393.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

  • 10.0.14393.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2019

  • 10.0.17763.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)

  • 10.0.17763.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

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