<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Error Reporting (WER) when WER handles and executes files. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker can successfully exploit it.</p>
<p>An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain greater access to sensitive information and system functionality. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way that WER handles and executes files.</p>
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: 2020-10-16T22:17:44
Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:34.405Z
Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-16909
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Modified
Published: 2020-10-16T23:15:14.180
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:07:24.280
Link: CVE-2020-16909
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                        Redhat
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