PT-2020-3981 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2020-08-09 · Updated 2023-12-31 · CVE-2020-0870

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: The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Shell infrastructure component, which improperly handles objects in memory. This could allow an attacker to run processes in an elevated context. To exploit this, an attacker would first need to log on to the system and then run a specially crafted application. The vulnerability can be exploited by attackers to gain elevated privileges on an affected 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:2020-04375

CVE-2020-0870

Affected Products

Windows

References · 6

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0870 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04375 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0870 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0870 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-0870 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0870 · Security Note