CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-1012

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Wininit.dll handles objects in memory, aka 'WinINet API Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1012 Patch Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1
Information

Published : 2020-09-11 05:15

Updated : 2021-07-21 11:39

NVD link : CVE-2020-1012

Mitre link : CVE-2020-1012

Products Affected

Internet Explorer

Microsoft

Windows 10

Windows 7

Windows 8.1

Windows Rt 8.1

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2019

CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo