Archive
August 2020
Vulnerabilities first published in this month (UTC), newest first.
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High 7.8
Windows UPnP Device Host Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows UPnP Device Host improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted appl…
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High 7.8
Windows Backup Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Engine improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted applica…
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High 7.8
Windows Backup Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Service improperly handles file operations. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially craft…
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High 7.8
Windows Accounts Control Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Accounts Control improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted appl…
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High 7.8
Windows WalletService Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows WalletService handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally …
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High 7.8
Windows Remote Access Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Remote Access improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application…
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High 7.8
Windows GDI Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then ins…
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High 7.8
Windows Radio Manager API Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Radio Manager API improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted app…
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High 7.8
Windows Custom Protocol Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Custom Protocol Engine improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafte…
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High 7.8
Windows Network Connection Broker Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Network Connection Broker improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially cra…
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High 7.8
Media Foundation Memory Corruption Vulnerability
A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user r…
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High 7.8
Windows Speech Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Speech Runtime improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted applic…
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High 7.8
Windows Speech Shell Components Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Speech Shell Components improperly handle memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafte…
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High 7.8
Windows Font Driver Host Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Font Driver Host improperly handles memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability would gain execution on a victim system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by corr…
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High 7.8
Windows Speech Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Speech Runtime improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted applic…
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High 7.8
Windows File Server Resource Management Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows File Server Resource Management Service improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a…
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High 7.8
Windows UPnP Device Host Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows UPnP Device Host improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted appl…
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High 7.8
Windows Work Folders Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Work Folders Service improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted …
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High 7.8
Windows File Server Resource Management Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows File Server Resource Management Service improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a…
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High 7.8
Windows Telephony Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Telephony Server improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted appl…
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High 7.8
Windows CSC Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows CSC Service improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted applicati…
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High 7.8
Windows State Repository Service Information Disclosure Vulnerability
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows State Repository Service improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. An attac…
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High 7.8
Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. An attacker could ex…
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High 7.8
Local Security Authority Subsystem Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) when an authenticated attacker sends a specially crafted authentication request. A remote attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cau…
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High 8.8
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the…
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High 7.8
Windows CSC Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows CSC Service improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted applicati…
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High 7.0
Windows AppX Deployment Extensions Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows AppX Deployment Extensions improperly performs privilege management, resulting in access to system files. To exploit this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to run a specially cr…
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High 7.8
Media Foundation Information Disclosure Vulnerability
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. To exploit this vulnerabilit…
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High 7.8
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view…
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High 7.8
Windows GDI Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then ins…
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High 7.8
Media Foundation Memory Corruption Vulnerability
A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user r…
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High 7.0
Media Foundation Memory Corruption Vulnerability
A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user r…
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High 7.8
Windows Server Resource Management Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the srmsvc.dll handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticat…
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High 7.8
Windows Image Acquisition Service Information Disclosure Vulnerability
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Service improperly discloses contents of its memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s sys…
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High 7.0
Jet Database Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Jet Database Engine improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on a victim system. An attacker could exploit this v…
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High 7.8
Windows Work Folders Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Work Folders Service improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted …
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High 7.8
Windows Spoofing Vulnerability
A spoofing vulnerability exists when Windows incorrectly validates file signatures. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass security features and load improperly signed files. In an attack scenario, an attacker could bypass secu…
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High 7.8
Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) Denial of Service Vulnerability
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) when an attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the RD…
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High 7.5
Windows ARM Information Disclosure Vulnerability
An information disclosure vulnerability exists on ARM implementations that use speculative execution in control flow via a side-channel analysis, aka "straight-line speculation." To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker with local privileges would…
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High 7.8
Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current …
KEV Nov 3, 2021