PT-2020-3908 · Microsoft · Windows

Clément Rouault + 1 · Published 2020-09-08 · Updated 2023-12-31 · CVE-2020-1592

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

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

Description: An information disclosure issue exists due to improper initialization of objects in memory by the Windows kernel. To exploit this, an authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application, potentially obtaining information to further compromise the system. The issue is related to a buffer overflow read, which could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to protected information using a specially crafted application.

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

Out of bounds Read

Improper Initialization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

CWE-665

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-04301

CVE-2020-1592

Affected Products

Windows

References · 6

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1592 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1592 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1592 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1592 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04301 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1592 · Security Note