PT-2020-3842 · Microsoft · Windows

Yuki Chen · Published 2020-08-11 · Updated 2024-01-19 · CVE-2020-1547

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: Microsoft Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description: An elevation of privilege issue exists due to the Windows Backup Engine's improper handling of memory. To exploit this, an attacker must first gain execution on the victim system and then run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges. The security update addresses this by correcting how the Windows Backup Engine handles memory.

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:2020-04204

CVE-2020-1547

Affected Products

Windows

References · 10

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1547 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1547 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1547 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1547 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1547 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-1547 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-1547 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04204 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1547 · Security Note
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html#AppendixMSQL · Note