PT-2020-3812 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2020-08-11 · Updated 2024-01-19 · CVE-2020-1490

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 (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Storage Service component, which improperly handles file operations. This could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on the victim system by running a specially crafted application, but only after gaining execution on the system. The vulnerability is addressed by correcting how the Storage Service handles file operations.

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

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-04174

CVE-2020-1490

Affected Products

Windows

References · 6

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1490 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1490 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1490 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1490 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1490 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04174 · Security Note