CVE-2020-1587 – An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Ancillary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock improperly handles memory.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka ‘Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability’.

Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1587

Reference (s):

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1587
• URL: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1587