CVE-2020-0911 Windows Modules Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

What is CVE-2020-0911?

CVE-2020-0911 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, published on 11 Sep 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Modules Installer improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in an elevated context.</p> <p>An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Windows Modules Installer handles objects in memory.</p>

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-0911?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-0911?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-0911 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-0911 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-0911 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 10

• CVE-2015-2426 Microsoft Windows Adobe Type Manager Library Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2015-1769 Microsoft Windows Mount Manager Privilege Escalation Exploited Medium 6.6
• CVE-2020-1467 Windows Hard Link Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Critical 10.0
• CVE-2021-26424 Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Critical 9.9
• CVE-2021-28476 Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Critical 9.9

All Microsoft Windows 10 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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