PT-2020-3793 · Microsoft · Windows Media Foundation+1

Published 2020-08-11 · Updated 2024-01-19 · CVE-2020-1492

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Description: The issue is caused by a memory corruption vulnerability in Windows Media Foundation, allowing an attacker to potentially install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. This can be achieved by convincing a user to open a specially crafted document or visit a malicious webpage. The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of objects in memory.

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

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-04155

CVE-2020-1492

ZDI-20-1004

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Media Foundation

References · 9

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04155 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1492 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1492 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1492 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1004 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1492 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1492 · Security Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2020081126 · Note
• https://t.me/sysadm_in_channel/2069 · Telegram Post