PT-2020-3834 · Microsoft · Windows Accounts Control+1

Published 2020-08-11 · Updated 2024-01-19 · CVE-2020-1531

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 Accounts Control (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability that occurs when the Windows Accounts Control improperly handles memory. To exploit this, an attacker must first gain execution on the victim system and then run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges. This vulnerability can be exploited to allow an attacker to increase their privileges on the system.

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:2020-04196

CVE-2020-1531

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Accounts Control

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1531 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1531 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1531 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04196 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1531 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1531 · Vendor Advisory