CVE-2020-0986

Microsoft Windows

HIGH 7.8CISA KEV ↗Exploited per ENISA since 2021-11-03

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 16.41 % · percentile 97 (2026-10-28)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2020-06-09 19:43 UTC
Updated: 2025-10-21 23:35 UTC
Assigner: microsoft
NVD status: Analyzed

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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0	HIGH 7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2020-2452
GCVE · GCVE-0-2020-0986

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2020-AVI-362 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Microsoft Windows · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1709:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1709:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1709:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1803:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1803:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1803:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1903:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1903:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1903:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_2004:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_2004:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_2004:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1803:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1903:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1909:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2004:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
Microsoft · Windows	affected 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems ; affected 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems ; affected 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems ; affected 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems ; affected 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems ; affected 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
Microsoft · Windows Server	affected version 1803 (Core Installation) ; affected 2019 ; affected 2019 (Core installation) ; affected 2016 ; affected 2016 (Core installation) ; affected 2012
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems	affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems	affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems	affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)	affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems	affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems	affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems	affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)	affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 2004 for 32-bit Systems	affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Server, version 2004 (Server Core installation)	affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 2004 for ARM64-based Systems	affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 2004 for x64-based Systems	affected unspecified

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities	CC0 1.0
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD