Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

HIGH 7.8EXPLOITED (CISA KEV)CVE-2020-0986 · Published 09/06/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. Actively exploited: CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 03/11/2021. Patch affected systems as an emergency.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
Windows Microsoft	Versions not published yet (product named by CISA KEV)

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1237, CVE-2020-1246, CVE-2020-1262, CVE-2020-1264, CVE-2020-1266, CVE-2020-1269, CVE-2020-1273, CVE-2020-1274, CVE-2020-1275, CVE-2020-1276, CVE-2020-1307, CVE-2020-1316.

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/160698/Microsoft-Windows-splWOW64-Privilege-Escalation.html · Third Party Advisory
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0986 · Patch
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · US Government Resource
CISA KEV · CVE-2020-0986

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