An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information. An attacker who successfully exploited the 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 security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how win32k handles objects in memory.
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Affected Vendors & Products
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| Description | An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information. An attacker who successfully exploited the 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 security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how win32k handles objects in memory. | An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information. An attacker who successfully exploited the 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 security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how win32k handles objects in memory. |
MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T06:39:10.480Z
Reserved: 2019-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-1510
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-08-17T19:15:17.067
Modified: 2026-02-23T18:25:25.220
Link: CVE-2020-1510
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