PT-2020-1286 · Microsoft · Windows 10+1

Chris Wong + 2 · Published 2020-01-14 · Updated 2020-01-17 · CVE-2020-0621

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows 10 (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a security feature bypass in Windows, which can be exploited to elevate privileges. This bypass vulnerability exists when third-party filters are called during a password update. It allows attackers to affect the system.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Authentication

Insufficient Session Expiration

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

CWE-613

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-00153

CVE-2020-0621

Affected Products

Windows

Windows 10

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0621 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0621 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-0621 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0621 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-00153 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0621 · Security Note
• https://vuldb.com/?id.148636 · Note