# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2020-1056"
idYear: 2020
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2020-05-21T22:52:51.000Z"
updatedAt: "2026-08-19T16:33:51.399Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:17.081Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2020-1056"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2020-1056.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1056"
title: "Microsoft Edge Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability"
summary: "An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Edge does not properly enforce cross-domain policies, which could allow an attacker to access information from one domain and inject it into another domain.\nIn a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a website that is used to attempt to exploit the vulnerability. In addition, compromised websites and websites that accept or host user-provided content could contain specially crafted content that could exploit the vulnerability. However, in all cases an attacker would have no way to force users to view the attacker-controlled content. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to take action. For example, an attacker could trick users into clicking a link that takes them to the attacker's site. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could elevate privileges in affected versions of Microsoft Edge.\nThe security update addresses the vulnerability by helping to ensure that cross-domain policies are properly enforced in Microsoft Edge."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"1.0..0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"publication"}],"vendor":"Microsoft","product":"Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based)","platforms":["Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems","Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems","Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems","Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems","Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems","Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems","Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems","Windows Server 2016","Windows Server 2019"]}]

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