PT-2020-3196 · Microsoft · Windows Lockscreen+1

Published 2020-07-14 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-1398

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability that occurs when Windows Lockscreen fails to properly handle the Ease of Access dialog. This could allow an attacker to execute commands with elevated permissions. The vulnerability is also described as being related to errors in handling objects in memory, which could enable a remote attacker 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:2020-03494

CVE-2020-1398

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Lockscreen

References · 6

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1398 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1398 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1398 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1398 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1398 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-03494 · Security Note