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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2020-1046 – Microsoft Windows code execution

August 12, 2020
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Rewterz Threat Advisory – Two Zero Days actively Exploited of Microsoft Vulnerabilities

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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2020-1578 – Microsoft kernel information disclosure

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Windows kernel that could allow an attacker to retrieve information that could lead to a Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) bypass. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could retrieve the memory address of a kernel object.

Impact

Information disclosure

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

Remediation

Refer to Microsoft advisory for the complete list of affected products and for respective patches.

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1578

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