CVE-2020-0791: EXPLOITING WINDOWS GRAPHICS COMPONENT VIA GUI Y TAKING CONTROL WITH ELEVATED PRIVILEGES

A recently published investigation revealed the presence of a dangerous vulnerability that would allow a hacker to completely control a Windows system. Previously, Microsoft had revealed some details related to the vulnerability, which was tracked as CVE-2020-0791, present in the system graphics component and that allows escalation of privileges on the target system because memory objects are not processed properly.

If exploited, this vulnerability would allow a threat actor to execute any high-privileged process, cyber security specialists say.

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