PT-2020-2197 · Microsoft · Windows

Ap Aka Somaro + 4 · Published 2020-04-14 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-0942

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insecure privilege management in the Connected User Experience and Telemetry Service of Windows operating systems. It allows an attacker to overwrite files in arbitrary locations using a specially crafted application. This is an elevation-of-privilege issue that can affect 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

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-02101

CVE-2020-0942

Affected Products

Windows

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0942 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0942 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0942 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0942 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02101 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-0942 · Vendor Advisory