PT-2020-1595 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2020-02-11 · Updated 2020-03-31 · CVE-2020-0729

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Description A remote code execution issue exists in Microsoft Windows related to the processing of .LNK files. An attacker who successfully exploits this issue could gain the same user rights as the local user. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and impact the system. This issue is similar to a previously discovered vulnerability used by the Stuxnet worm in 2010, which also exploited a 0-day vulnerability in the processing of .LNK files.

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

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-00671

CVE-2020-0729

Affected Products

Windows

References · 14

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-00671 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0729 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0729 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-0729 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0729 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0729 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0729 · Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2020021138 · Note
• https://t.me/sysadm_in_channel/1651 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/defcon_news/42472 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/ckure/3864 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cybersecuritytechnologies/858 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/malwr/2945 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/malwr/2959 · Telegram Post