CVEs-PoC/2020/CVE-2020-16920.md

### [CVE-2020-16920](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16920)
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### Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Application Compatibility Client Library improperly handles registry operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges.</p><p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first need code execution on a victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application.</p><p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Application Compatibility Client Library properly handles registry operations.</p>

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
- https://github.com/Elsfa7-110/kenzer-templates