PT-2020-2089 · Microsoft · Windows

Guopengfei · Published 2020-04-14 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-0958

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 a buffer overflow in the Win32k component of Windows operating systems. This can be exploited by an attacker to elevate their privileges and potentially gain full control over the system using a specially crafted application. The vulnerability allows attackers to affect the system, enabling them to carry out malicious activities.

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:2020-01928

CVE-2020-0958

Affected Products

Windows

References · 6

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-0958 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0958 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01928 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0958 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0958 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0958 · Security Note