CVE-2020-16939

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An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.</p>\n<p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, and then run a specially crafted application to take control over the affected system.</p>\n<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Group Policy checks access.</p>"}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Se presenta una vulnerabilidad de escalada de privilegios cuando Group Policy comprueba inapropiadamente el acceso tambi\u00e9n se conoce como \"Group Policy Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability\""}], "lastModified": "2026-02-23T18:21:28.017", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "21540673-614A-4D40-8BD7-3F07723803B0"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "E01A4CCA-4C43-46E0-90E6-3E4DBFBACD64"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "83B14968-3985-43C3-ACE5-8307196EFAE3"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "7CB85C75-4D35-480E-843D-60579EC75FCB"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "6B8F3DD2-A145-4AF1-8545-CC42892DA3D1"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "3FB5CDAE-C713-4D9D-9D6A-2C2E8924A4BB"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "E9273B95-20ED-4547-B0A8-95AD15B30372"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "AAE74AF3-C559-4645-A6C0-25C3D647AAC8"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "C2B1C231-DE19-4B8F-A4AA-5B3A65276E46"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "E93068DB-549B-45AB-8E5C-00EB5D8B5CF8"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "C6CE5198-C498-4672-AF4C-77AB4BE06C5C"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "5F422A8C-2C4E-42C8-B420-E0728037E15C"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "AF07A81D-12E5-4B1D-BFF9-C8D08C32FF4F"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "A7DF96F8-BA6A-4780-9CA3-F719B3F81074"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "DB18C4CE-5917-401E-ACF7-2747084FD36E"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "041FF8BA-0B12-4A1F-B4BF-9C4F33B7C1E7"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "5B921FDB-8E7D-427E-82BE-4432585080CF"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "C253A63F-03AB-41CB-A03A-B2674DEA98AA"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "0B60D940-80C7-49F0-8F4E-3F99AC15FA82"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "DB79EE26-FC32-417D-A49C-A1A63165A968"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]"}