cve/2020/CVE-2020-1159.md

### [CVE-2020-1159](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1159)
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### Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the StartTileData.dll handles file creation in protected locations. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.</p><p>To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p><p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the StartTileData.dll properly handles this type of function.</p>

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/404notf0und/CVE-Flow