PT-2020-1659 · Microsoft · Windows

Gil Dabah · Published 2020-02-11 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-0726

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 concerns an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Win32k component of Windows operating systems, related to insecure privilege management. 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:2020-00892

CVE-2020-0726

Affected Products

Windows

References · 7

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0726 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0726 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-00892 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-0726 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0726 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0726 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/876 · Telegram Post