Description
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Group Policy 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 Group Policy checks access.</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 7 | 6.1.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows 7 Service Pack 1 | 6.1.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows 8.1 | 6.3.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 | 6.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) | 6.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 | 6.0.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 | 6.1.0 – < publication | publication |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation) | 6.0.0 – < 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 1 repository
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rogue-kdc/CVE-2020-16939 ★ 12 · Oct 14, 2020
PoC code for CVE-2020-16939 Windows Group Policy DACL Overwrite Privilege Escalation
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.