CVE-2020-0685: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles COM object creation, aka 'Windows COM Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: version 1709 only; version 1803 only; version 1809 only; version 1903 only; version 1909 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: version 1803 only; version 1903 only; version 1909 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019: any version

Published 2020-02-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.