CVE-2020-16902 – An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer w

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to properly sanitize input leading to an insecure library loading behavior.A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges, aka ‘Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability’.

Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16902

Reference (s):

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16902
• URL: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16902