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CVE-2020-16901 · Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly initializes objects in memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows kernel initializes objects in memory.

Severity
n/a
Impact
n/a
CVSS
n/a base · n/a temporal
Release
2020-10-13
Signals
Microsoft Windows Unknown impact Exploited: No Publicly disclosed: Yes Exploitability: Exploitation Less Likely
CWE
No CWE data published.
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Description
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly initializes objects in memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows kernel initializes objects in memory.
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FAQ
What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability? The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is uninitialized memory and kernel memory - unintentional read access to memory contents in kernel space from a user mode process.