An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in .NET Framework which could allow an attacker to elevate their privilege level. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to access the local machine, and then run a malicious program. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how .NET Framework activates COM objects.
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Description An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in .NET Framework which could allow an attacker to elevate their privilege level.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to access the local machine, and then run a malicious program.The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how .NET Framework activates COM objects., aka '.NET Framework Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in .NET Framework which could allow an attacker to elevate their privilege level. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to access the local machine, and then run a malicious program. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how .NET Framework activates COM objects.
Title NET: local elevation of privilege .NET Framework Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
First Time appeared Microsoft .net
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Microsoft .net
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-19T16:33:31.239Z

Reserved: 2019-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-1066

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-05-21T23:15:12.757

Modified: 2026-08-19T17:17:12.430

Link: CVE-2020-1066

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2020-05-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-1066 - Bugzilla

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