PT-2020-3188 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2020-07-14 · Updated 2021-03-25 · CVE-2020-1408

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to the improper handling of specially crafted embedded fonts by the Windows font library. This allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially formed font file.

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

RCE

Origin Validation Error

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-346

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-03486

CVE-2020-1408

Affected Products

Windows

References · 9

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1408 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1408 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1408 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-03486 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1408 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1408 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/11903 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/10984 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/11522 · Telegram Post