PT-2020-3840 · Microsoft · Windows Upnp Device Host+1

Zhiniang Peng · Published 2020-08-11 · Updated 2024-01-19 · CVE-2020-1538

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 UPnP Device Host (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows UPnP Device Host service, which is caused by improper memory handling. This can be exploited by an attacker to elevate privileges using a specially crafted application, but the attacker must first gain execution on the victim 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:2020-04202

CVE-2020-1538

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Upnp Device Host

References · 6

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1538 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1538 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1538 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1538 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04202 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1538 · Vendor Advisory