CVE-2020-0981HighMicrosoft CVSS 6.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Microsoft security update for CVE-2020-0981 — Windows

Published
April 14, 2020
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2020-0981 →

📋 Microsoft's advisory

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🎯 Affected products8

  • Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)

✅ Updates Microsoft lists: 1 KB article

1 row: one per KB article or update, update type and fixed build. Their details are on Microsoft's advisory.

KB articleUpdateFixed build
KB4549951Security Update—

🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2020-0981

EchelonGraph score
8.8 HIGH
CISA KEV
Not listed
Fix status
A fix is available — apply it.

Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Windows fails to properly handle token relationships.An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could allow an application with a certain integrity level to execute code at a different integrity level, leading to a sandbox escape.The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles token relationships, aka 'Windows Token Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'.

Published by Microsoft Corporation, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2020-0981, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).

🔗 References (2)