PT-2020-4266 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2020-10-13 · Updated 2023-12-31 · CVE-2020-16935

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 that exists when Windows improperly handles COM object creation. This could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. 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 an attacker to take control of 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:2020-04758

CVE-2020-16935

Affected Products

Windows

References · 7

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-16935 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-16935 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04758 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16935 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16935 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16935 · Security Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2020101326 · Note