PT-2020-2826 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2020-05-12 · Updated 2022-05-23 · CVE-2020-1082

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 insufficient access restrictions in the Windows Error Reporting (WER) service of Windows operating systems. It allows an attacker to potentially elevate their privileges using a specially crafted application. The vulnerability can be exploited to affect the system.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Improper Privilege Management

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-02980

CVE-2020-1082

Affected Products

Windows

References · 9

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1082 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1082 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1082 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02980 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1082 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1082 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/29398 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/12233 · Telegram Post
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1082 · Note