CVE detail

CVE-2020-1571 — CVE-2020-1571

Published 2020-08-17 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor microsoft · Product windows_10 · Source nvd

HIGH

severity

CVSS-derived band

7.3

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0108

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

62.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Setup in the way it handles permissions. A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. After successfully exploiting the vulnerability, an attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring Windows Setup properly handles permissions.

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

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