An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Print Spooler service improperly allows arbitrary writing to the file system. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability…
High CVSS 7.8
Summary
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Print Spooler service improperly allows arbitrary writing to the file system. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted script or …
In-depth triage
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Affected products
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Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1048
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158222/Windows-Print-Spooler-Privilege-Escalation.html Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159217/Microsoft-Spooler-Local-Privilege-Elevation.html Exploit
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1048 Patch
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD