CVE-2020-0986

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.164 · 97 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV

Likely / severe?

16.4% (97th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

77 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu

added 2021-11-03remediate by 2022-05-03

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1237, CVE-2020-1246, CVE-2020-1262, CVE-2020-1264, CVE-2020-1266, CVE-2020-1269, CVE-2020-1273, CVE-2020-1274, CVE-2020-1275, CVE-2020-1276, CVE-2020-1307, CVE-2020-1316.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-787USprimaryCWE-269US

affected products (77)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ RT 8.1enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 8.1 for x64-based systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 8.1 for 32-bit systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems≤ unspecifiedenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems≤ unspecifiedenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems≤ unspecifiedenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems≤ unspecifiedenisa_euvdEU

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-06-09modified 2026-06-17

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references (11)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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