CVE-2020-0763: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Defender Security Center handles certain objects in memory.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Windows Defender Security Center Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0762.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: 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: affected versions not specified

Published 2020-03-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.