PT-2020-1923 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2020-03-10 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-0798

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 insufficient access restrictions in the Windows Installer component of Windows operating systems. It allows an 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.

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-01200

CVE-2020-0798

Affected Products

Windows

References · 6

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01200 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-0798 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0798 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0798 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0798 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0798 · Security Note