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CVE-2020-0986

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.15932
Risk score
61.78
CISA KEV
Yes
PoC
No
Published
2020-06-09
Modified
2025-10-21
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2020-2452, GHSA-5WGX-4X92-F6PF
Products
Microsoft:Windows, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems unspecified, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems unspecified, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems unspecified, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems unspecified, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems unspecified, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems unspecified, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 2004 for 32-bit Systems unspecified, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 2004 for ARM64-based Systems unspecified, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 2004 for x64-based Systems unspecified, Microsoft:Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 for x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems, Microsoft:Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems, Microsoft:Windows RT 8.1, Microsoft:Windows Server 2012, Microsoft:Windows Server 2012 (Core installation), Microsoft:Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft:Windows Server 2012 R2 (Core installation), Microsoft:Windows Server 2016, Microsoft:Windows Server 2016 (Core installation), Microsoft:Windows Server 2019, Microsoft:Windows Server 2019 (Core installation), Microsoft:Windows Server version 1803 (Core Installation), Microsoft:Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation) unspecified, Microsoft:Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation) unspecified, Microsoft:Windows Server, version 2004 (Server Core installation) unspecified
Sources
euvd EUVD-2020-2452
cisa.gov CVE-2020-0986

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1237, CVE-2020-1246, CVE-2020-1262, CVE-2020-1264, CVE-2020-1266, CVE-2020-1269, CVE-2020-1273, CVE-2020-1274, CVE-2020-1275, CVE-2020-1276, CVE-2020-1307, CVE-2020-1316.

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