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CVE-2020-0838

Published: 2020-09-11T17:15Z
Last Modified: 2024-11-21T04:54Z
Source: MITRE CVE List
License: MITRE-CVE-TOS
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when NTFS improperly checks access. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, and then run a specially crafted application to take control over the affected system.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how NTFS checks access.</p> > MITRE Terms of Use apply – see LICENSE‑MITRE.txt