CVE-2020-1590 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-1590: Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor Microsoft
Product Windows 10 Version 1809
Published September 11, 2020
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

6.6/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

What the vulnerability does

01Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on the victim system.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, then run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service handles file operations.</p>

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 11, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated