Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1027)
Severity: high · Patch status: patched · Since 2022-05-23 · CVE-2020-1027
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. CISA added CVE-2020-1027 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 23, 2022, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Jun 13, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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