PT-2020-2817 · Microsoft · Windows+1

Liuxiaoliang + 1 · Published 2020-05-12 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-1140

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 an elevation of privilege vulnerability in DirectX, which occurs due to improper handling of objects in memory. This could allow an attacker to elevate their privileges using a specially crafted application.

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:2020-02971

BDU:2020-02972

CVE-2020-1140

Affected Products

Directx

Windows

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1140 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02971 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1140 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1140 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1140 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02972 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1140 · Security Note