PT-2020-2365 · Microsoft · Windows

Walied Assar · Published 2020-05-12 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-1072

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to an information disclosure problem in the Windows kernel, which occurs due to improper handling of objects in memory. This can potentially allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to protected information using a specially crafted application. The vulnerability may enable attackers to obtain sensitive information and 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:2020-02333

CVE-2020-1072

Affected Products

Windows

References · 6

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1072 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1072 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02333 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1072 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1072 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1072 · Vendor Advisory