PT-2020-1599 · Microsoft · Windows Error Reporting+1

Published 2020-02-11 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-0678

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Error Reporting manager due to improper handling of hard links. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker using a specially crafted application to elevate their privileges.

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

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-00710

CVE-2020-0678

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Error Reporting

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0678 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0678 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0678 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-00710 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-0678 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0678 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0678 · Note