CVE-2020-1550: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows CDP User Components improperly handle memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the vi...

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows CDP User Components improperly handle memory.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges.
The secu...

What to do

The CVE record does not list a fixed version. Check the vendor's site or the advisory links below - a fix may already be released.

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
microsoft	windows_10	1607 1709 1803 1809 1903 1909 2004 `cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607::::::x64:`
microsoft	windows_server_2016	1903 1909 2004 `cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:::::::*`
microsoft	windows_server_2019	All versions `cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:::::::*`

Original advisory text

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows CDP User Components improperly handle memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the vi...

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows CDP User Components improperly handle memory.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows CDP User Components handle memory.

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1550 Patch Vendor Advisory