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CVE-2020-1081

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Printer Service improperly validates file paths while loading printer drivers.

Impact

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Printer Service improperly validates file paths while loading printer drivers. An authenticated attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system. The update addresses this vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Printer Service validates file paths.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
MicrosoftWindows 10
All versions
Versions 1607, 1709, 1803, 1809, 1903
MicrosoftWindows 7
All versions
MicrosoftWindows 8.1
All versions
MicrosoftWindows Rt 8.1
All versions
MicrosoftWindows Server 2008
All versions
Version r2
MicrosoftWindows Server 2012
All versions
Version r2
MicrosoftWindows Server 2016
All versions
Versions 1803, 1903, 1909
MicrosoftWindows Server 2019
All versions

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