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Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Published May 21, 2020

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application. The vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate user rights directly, but it could be used to obtain information that could be used to try to further compromise the affected system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows kernel handles objects in memory.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published May 21, 2020
Updated Aug 19, 2026
Reserved Nov 4, 2019
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Aug 19, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
ENISA EUVD
Assigner microsoft
Published May 21, 2020
Updated Aug 19, 2026
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2020-11963