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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-16901: Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-16901: Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/13/2020
Created
10/14/2020
Added
10/13/2020
Modified
06/27/2024

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, aka 'Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-16938.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1909-kb4577671
  • msft-kb4577671-c42dc613-fb5b-4c45-925c-4f508584a635
  • msft-kb4577671-ddbf4c81-6ca7-4986-999e-9275ef508017

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