---
id: 6023
title: "Understanding Group Policy Privilege Escalation in CVE-2020-1317"
cve: CVE-2020-1317
source_domain: semperis.com
source_url: "https://www.semperis.com/blog/group-policy-privilege-escalation/"
published_at: "2020-07-14T18:11:37Z"
tags: ["active-directory", "privilege-escalation", "vulnerability", "group-policy", "cyberark", "cve-2020-1317"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6023"
lang: en
---

# Understanding Group Policy Privilege Escalation in CVE-2020-1317

## Summary

CVE-2020-1317 explained: GP Preferences history files stored in user profiles let unprivileged users escalate privileges—symptomatic of the tension in Group Policy's privileged delivery model.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** semperis.com
- **CVE:** CVE-2020-1317
- **Published:** 2020-07-14T18:11:37Z
- **Original:** https://www.semperis.com/blog/group-policy-privilege-escalation/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6023