# 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-2020-1571"
idYear: 2020
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2020-08-17T19:13:47.000Z"
updatedAt: "2024-08-04T06:39:10.581Z"
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-2020-1571"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2020-1571.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1571"
title: "Windows Setup Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability"
summary: "An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Setup in the way it handles permissions.\nA locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. After successfully exploiting the vulnerability, an attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.\nThe security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring Windows Setup properly handles permissions."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"N/A","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Microsoft","product":"Windows 10 Version 2004","platforms":["32-bit Systems","ARM64-based Systems","x64-based Systems"]},{"versions":[{"version":"N/A","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Microsoft","product":"Windows 10 Version 1803","platforms":["32-bit Systems","x64-based Systems","ARM64-based Systems"]},{"versions":[{"version":"N/A","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Microsoft","product":"Windows 10 Version 1809","platforms":["32-bit Systems","x64-based Systems","ARM64-based Systems"]},{"versions":[{"version":"N/A","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Microsoft","product":"Windows 10 Version 1909","platforms":["32-bit Systems","x64-based Systems","ARM64-based Systems"]},{"versions":[{"version":"N/A","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Microsoft","product":"Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems","platforms":["Unknown"]},{"versions":[{"version":"N/A","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Microsoft","product":"Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems","platforms":["Unknown"]},{"versions":[{"version":"N/A","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Microsoft","product":"Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems","platforms":["Unknown"]}]

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