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CVE-2020-0704

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Wireless Network Manager...

7.8 High

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Wireless Network Manager improperly handles memory.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Wireless Network Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.95%Down 6.8 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used7.8

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Wireless Network Manager improperly handles memory.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Wireless Network Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Record
CVE-2020-0704
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.2 HighAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Wireless Network Manager improperly handles memory.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Wireless Network Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Record
CVE-2020-0704
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-2197No score

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Wireless Network Manager improperly handles memory.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Wireless Network Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Record
EUVD-2020-2197
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8cmj-8vj9-mq97No score

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Wireless Network Manager...

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Wireless Network Manager improperly handles memory.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Wireless Network Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Record
GHSA-8cmj-8vj9-mq97
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

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History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-0704 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows, published February 11, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.95%, the 61st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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