{"id":"CVE-2020-1234","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-1234","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:29:51.047Z","title":"An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting improperly handles objects in memory.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Elevation…","description":"An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting improperly handles objects in memory.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.","published":"2020-06-09T20:15:16.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:00:52.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["microsoft/windows 10","microsoft/windows server 2016","microsoft/windows server 2019"],"epss":{"score":0.04811,"percentile":0.91901,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.81%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1234","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1234","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1234","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}