CVE-2020-16916

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles COM object creation. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated privileges.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows COM Server creates COM objects.</p>

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16916Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16916Patch, Vendor Advisory

Published

Oct 16, 2020

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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