CVE-2020-1087EPSS p56.2%
CVE-2020-1087CVE-2020-1087
microsoft / windows_10
Description
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.
To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Kernel properly handles objects in memory.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.83% probability of exploitation · percentile 56.2% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z |
| Last modified | 2026-08-19 |