PT-2020-1816 · Microsoft · Windows

Clavoillotte + 8 · Published 2020-03-10 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-0858

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 an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the "Public Account Pictures" folder, which improperly handles junctions. To exploit this, an attacker must first gain execution on the victim system. This allows the attacker to potentially elevate their privileges.

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

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-01080

CVE-2020-0858

Affected Products

Windows

References · 7

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01080 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0858 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0858 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0858 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0858 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-0858 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2020031112 · Note