PT-2020-4325 · Microsoft · Windows Camera Codec Pack+1

Hossein Lotfi · Published 2020-10-13 · Updated 2023-12-31 · CVE-2020-16968

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Description: The issue is related to errors in handling objects in memory within the Windows Camera Codec Pack. Exploitation of this issue could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, potentially taking control of the affected system if the current user has administrative rights. This could enable the attacker to install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. The exploitation requires a user to open a specially crafted file with an affected version of the Windows Camera Codec Pack. This could be achieved through email or web-based attacks, where an attacker convinces a user to open the malicious file.

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

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-04822

CVE-2020-16968

ZDI-20-1258

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Camera Codec Pack

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16968 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16968 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04822 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16968 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-16968 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1258 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-16968 · Vendor Advisory