Description
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.</p>
<p>To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Kernel properly handles objects in memory.</p>
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1803 | 10.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1809 | 10.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2019 | 10.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) | 10.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1909 | 10.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation) | 10.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems | 10.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1709 | 10.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems | 10.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems | 10.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems | 10.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation) | 10.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 2004 | 10.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server version 2004 | 10.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1507 | 10.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1607 | 10.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2016 | 10.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) | 10.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows 8.1 | 6.3.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2012 | 6.2.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) | 6.2.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2012 R2 | 6.3.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) | 6.3.0 – < publication | publication |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
GitHub 2 repositories
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yardenshafir/CVE-2020-1034 ★ 122 · Nov 23, 2020
PoC demonstrating the use of cve-2020-1034 for privilege escalation
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GeorgiiFirsov/CVE-2020-1034 ★ 1 · Mar 23, 2022
CVE 2020-1034 exploit and presentation
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.