HIGHCVSS v3.1 7.8Actively exploited · CISA KEV since 2022-05-23Vulnerability

CVE-2020-1027

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.

Properties

Vulnerability name
Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Epss score
0.04723
Last seen
2026-10-19T12:00:27+00:00
Due date
2022-06-13
Exploited euvd since
2022-05-23T00:00:00+00:00
Source url
https://epss.empiricalsecurity.com/epss_scores-2026-10-19.csv.gz
Date added
2022-05-23
Score
7.8
Euvd base score version
3.1
Euvd vendor
Microsoft
In Signal since
initial import (Sep 2026)
Euvd base score
7.8
Vendor project
Microsoft
Content hash
f1f94c752fb4148197ba69b3c1300ab611092ebbdb519330a56339068f97a4ff
Published at
2020-04-15T15:15:21.010
Euvd updated
2025-10-21T23:35:46+00:00
Last modified
2026-06-17T03:00:15.313
Euvd epss pct
4.55
Epss percentile
0.91745
Licence
FIRST EPSS: free to use; attribution requested in publications or products (FAQ)

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