Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could overwrite files in arbitrary locations with elevated permissions.

To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability.

The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service handles file operations.