CVE-2020-16916: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles COM object creation. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevate...

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles COM object creation. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the syste...

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:-:::::::*`
microsoft	windows_7	All versions `cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1::::::`
microsoft	windows_8.1	All versions `cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:::::::*`
microsoft	windows_rt_8.1	All versions `cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:::::::*`
microsoft	windows_server_2008	r2 `cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2::::::`
microsoft	windows_server_2012	r2 `cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:::::::*`
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 Windows improperly handles COM object creation. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevate...

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles COM object creation. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.
The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows COM Server creates COM objects.

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1691... Patch Vendor Advisory

CVE-2020-16916: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles COM object creation. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevate...