# 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-2020-1506"
idYear: 2020
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2020-09-11T17:09:20.000Z"
updatedAt: "2024-08-04T06:39:10.409Z"
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-2020-1506"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2020-1506.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1506"
title: "Windows Start-Up Application Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability"
summary: "\u003cp\u003eAn elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Wininit.dll handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed to exploit this vulnerability and then convince a user to view the website. 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, typically by getting them to click a link in an email message or in an Instant Messenger message that takes users to the attacker's website, or by opening an attachment sent through email.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a file sharing attack scenario, an attacker could provide a specially crafted document file that is designed to exploit this vulnerability, and then convince a user to open the document file.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Wininit.dll properly handles objects in memory.\u003c/p\u003e"
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"1.0.0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"publication"}],"vendor":"Microsoft","product":"Internet Explorer 11","platforms":["Windows 10 Version 2004 for 32-bit Systems","Windows 10 Version 2004 for ARM64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 2004 for x64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems","Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems","Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems","Windows Server 2019","Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems","Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems","Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems","Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems"]}]

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