What is GHSA-pr55-m2r8-wvg6?

GHSA-pr55-m2r8-wvg6 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows kernel-mode driver...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-pr55-m2r8-wvg6 cover?

GHSA-pr55-m2r8-wvg6 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2020-1143. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-pr55-m2r8-wvg6?

GHSA-pr55-m2r8-wvg6 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-pr55-m2r8-wvg6HighCVSS 7.0

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows kernel-mode driver...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 24, 2022

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2020-1143 →

📋 Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows kernel-mode driver fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1054.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1143
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1143
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1143
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pr55-m2r8-wvg6