PT-2020-3912 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2020-09-08 · Updated 2023-12-31 · CVE-2020-0790

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: A local elevation of privilege issue exists in how splwow64.exe handles certain calls, allowing an attacker to elevate privileges on an affected system from low-integrity to medium-integrity. This issue does not allow arbitrary code execution by itself but could enable arbitrary code to be run if combined with another vulnerability, such as a remote code execution vulnerability or another elevation of privilege vulnerability, that can leverage the elevated privileges for code execution.

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-04305

CVE-2020-0790

Affected Products

Windows

References · 6

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04305 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-0790 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0790 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0790 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0790 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0790 · Security Note