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CVE-2020-0843

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Installer because of the way Windows...

7.8 High

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Installer because of the way Windows Installer handles certain filesystem operations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would require unprivileged execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0779, CVE-2020-0798, CVE-2020-0814, CVE-2020-0842.

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

1.01%Down 6.7 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Installer because of the way Windows Installer handles certain filesystem operations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would require unprivileged execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0779, CVE-2020-0798, CVE-2020-0814, CVE-2020-0842.

Record
CVE-2020-0843
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
4.6 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Installer because of the way Windows Installer handles certain filesystem operations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would require unprivileged execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0779, CVE-2020-0798, CVE-2020-0814, CVE-2020-0842.

Record
CVE-2020-0843
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-2315 No score

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Installer because of the way Windows Installer handles certain filesystem operations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would require unprivileged execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0779, CVE-2020-0798, CVE-2020-0814, CVE-2020-0842.

Record
EUVD-2020-2315
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hwf9-pw8h-7mw6 No score

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Installer because of the way Windows...

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Installer because of the way Windows Installer handles certain filesystem operations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would require unprivileged execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0779, CVE-2020-0798, CVE-2020-0814, CVE-2020-0842.

Record
GHSA-hwf9-pw8h-7mw6
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

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History

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

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In short

CVE-2020-0843 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows, published March 12, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.01%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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