PT-2020-3231 · Microsoft · Windows Error Reporting+1

Published 2020-07-14 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-1429

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 Error Reporting (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows Error Reporting manager. This vulnerability is caused by improper handling of a process crash, which can lead to errors in managing privileges. As a result, an attacker could potentially gain unauthorized access to protected information. The vulnerability allows attackers to affect the system.

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-03529

CVE-2020-1429

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Error Reporting

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1429 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-03529 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1429 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1429 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1429 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1429 · Security Note