CVE-2020-0638

Published: Jan 14, 2020

Modified: Oct 21, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way the Update Notification Manager handles files.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Update Notification Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Windows	affected `10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems` affected `10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems` affected `10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems` affected `10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems` affected `10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems` +4 more versions
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems	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 Server	affected `2019` affected `2019 (Core installation)` affected `version 1803 (Core Installation)`
Microsoft	Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)	affected `unspecified`
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems	affected `unspecified`
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems	affected `unspecified`
Microsoft	Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)	affected `unspecified`
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems	affected `unspecified`

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0638

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CVE-2020-0638

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