Microsoft Local Security Authority Subsystem Service CVE-2020-1509 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) when an authenticated attacker sends a specially crafted authentication request. A remote attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause an elevation of privilege on the target system's LSASS service. The security update addresses the vulnerability by changing the way that LSASS handles specially crafted authentication requests.

Affected Applications

Windows RT 8.1
Windows Server version 2004 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server version 1903 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2012
Windows 8
Windows 10
Windows Server version 1909 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2019

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