{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16938 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2020-16938 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2020-16938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, published on 16 Oct 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-16938 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-16938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, published on 16 Oct 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16938 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Microsoft Windows 10. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16938/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16938/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-16938","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16938/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-16938","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-pr2j-c9wc-9h25"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Windows Kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A local attacker can run a crafted application to leak kernel memory information, aiding further system compromise.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"information_disclosure"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"microsoft","cpe":[{"product":"windows_10","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"windows_server_2016","vendor":"microsoft"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"\u003cp\u003eAn information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application. The vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate user rights directly, but it could be used to obtain information that could be used to try to further compromise the affected system.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows kernel handles objects in memory.\u003c/p\u003e","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2020-10-21","github_poc":1,"max_poc_stars":194,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2020-10-21T15:38:22Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/ioncodes/CVE-2020-16938","stars":194,"title":"Bypassing NTFS permissions to read any files as unprivileged user."}],"tier":"poc_unverified"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2020-16938","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"microsoft:windows_10","products":["microsoft:windows_10","microsoft:windows_server_2016"],"type":"information_disclosure","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Group Policy Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2020-16939"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":".NET Framework Information Disclosure Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2020-16937"},"products":["Windows 10 Version 2004","Windows Server version 2004"],"published":"2020-10-16","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft Windows Adobe Type Manager Library Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2015-2426","kev_date_added":"2022-03-28","published":"2015-07-20"},{"cvss_score":6.6,"headline":"Microsoft Windows Mount Manager Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2015-1769","kev_date_added":"2022-05-25","published":"2015-08-15"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Windows Hard Link Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2020-1467","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-08-17"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-26424","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-08-12"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-28476","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-05-11"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-26867","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-03-11"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Security feature bypass in Windows","id":"CVE-2019-1384","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-11-12"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["Microsoft"]},"summary":"A local attacker can run a crafted application to leak kernel memory information, aiding further system compromise.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16938/"}