PT-2020-1605 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2020-02-11 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-0685

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 (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to errors in handling the creation of COM objects in the Windows COM Server component of the Windows operating system. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to elevate their privileges using a specially crafted application. It is an elevation-of-privilege issue that allows attackers to impact the system.

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:2020-00716

CVE-2020-0685

Affected Products

Windows

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0685 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0685 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0685 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-00716 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0685 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-0685 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2020-0685 · Note