An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Storage Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on the victim system.
To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, then run a specially crafted application.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Storage Services handles file operations.
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Affected Vendors & Products
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| Microsoft |
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History
Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:15:00 +0000
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| Description | An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Storage Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on the victim system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, then run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Storage Services handles file operations. | An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Storage Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on the victim system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, then run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Storage Services handles file operations. |
MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T06:39:10.326Z
Reserved: 2019-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-1490
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-08-17T19:15:16.100
Modified: 2026-02-23T18:25:21.190
Link: CVE-2020-1490
Redhat
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