PT-2020-2861 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2020-06-09 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-1279

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 the Windows Lock Screen component of the Windows operating system. It may allow an attacker to elevate their privileges. The vulnerability is caused by the Windows Lockscreen failing to properly load spotlight images from a secure location.

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:2020-03015

CVE-2020-1279

Affected Products

Windows

References · 6

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1279 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1279 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1279 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1279 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-03015 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1279 · Vendor Advisory