Security Advisory

CVE-2020-1159

6.6
MEDIUM

Vulnerability Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the StartTileData.dll handles file creation in protected locations. 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 StartTileData.dll properly handles this type of function.

Published Date September 11, 2020
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory