PT-2020-3972 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2020-08-09 · Updated 2023-12-31 · CVE-2020-0875

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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

Description: The issue is related to errors in handling calls by the splwow64.exe executable file in Microsoft Windows operating systems. This could allow an attacker to obtain unauthorized access to protected information. The vulnerability itself does not enable arbitrary code execution but could be used in combination with other vulnerabilities to achieve this. For example, it could be combined with a remote code execution vulnerability or another elevation of privilege vulnerability to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

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:2020-04366

CVE-2020-0875

Affected Products

Windows

References · 6

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-0875 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04366 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0875 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0875 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0875 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0875 · Vendor Advisory