PT-2020-1832 · Microsoft · Windows Defender Security Center+1

Published 2020-03-10 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-0762

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 Defender Security Center (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to incorrect handling of objects in memory by Windows Defender Security Center in Windows operating systems. An attacker could exploit this to elevate their privileges by running a specially crafted command. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to 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

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-01105

CVE-2020-0762

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Defender Security Center

References · 6

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0762 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-0762 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0762 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01105 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0762 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0762 · Vendor Advisory