PT-2020-3090 · Microsoft · Windows System Events Broker+1

Afang5472 + 3 · Published 2020-07-14 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-1357

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 System Events Broker (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability that occurs when the Windows System Events Broker improperly handles file operations. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker using a specially crafted application to elevate their privileges.

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

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-03382

CVE-2020-1357

Affected Products

Windows

Windows System Events Broker

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1357 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1357 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-03382 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1357 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1357 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1357 · Security Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2020071475 · Note