CVE detail
CVE-2020-0986 — Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Published 2021-11-03 · Modified 2021-11-03 · Source kev
HIGH
severity
CVSS-derived band
0.1593
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
97.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
LISTED
CISA KEV
due 2022-05-03
⚠ Actively exploited in the wild — CISA KEV listed 2021-11-03, federal remediation due 2022-05-03.
Description
Microsoft Windows kernel contains an unspecified vulnerability when handling objects in memory that allows attackers to escalate privileges and execute code in kernel mode.
Remediation
No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.
References