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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
CVE-2020-0662 Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Windows 10 Critical 12-02-2020

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Windows handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary code with elevated permissions on a target system.

 

Detailed Information on the risk:

To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker who has a domain user account could create a specially crafted request, causing Windows to execute arbitrary code with elevated permissions.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles objects in memory.

Further information on this vulnerability is available at : CVE-2020-0662

Affected Software

Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server version 1903 (Server Core installation)
Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server version 1909 (Server Core installation)