PT-2020-2198 · Microsoft · Windows

Zhiniang Peng · Published 2020-04-14 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-0944

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 insecure privilege management in Windows operating systems, specifically affecting the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service. It allows an attacker to run processes with elevated privileges using a specially crafted application. This is an elevation-of-privilege issue that can impact 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:2020-02102

CVE-2020-0944

Affected Products

Windows

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0944 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0944 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0944 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0944 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-0944 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02102 · Security Note