CVE-2020-1431: 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 the Windows AppX Deployment Extensions improperly performs privilege management, resulting in access to system files.To exploit this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how AppX Deployment Extensions manages privileges., aka 'Windows AppX Deployment Extensions Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: version 1803 only; version 1809 only; version 1903 only; version 1909 only; version 2004 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: version 1903 only; version 1909 only; version 2004 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019: affected versions not specified

Published 2020-07-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.