PT-2020-4824 · Microsoft · Windows+1

Liuxiaoliang + 1 · Published 2020-11-10 · Updated 2023-12-31 · CVE-2020-16998

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/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 insufficient access restrictions in the DirectX component of the Windows operating system. It allows an attacker to potentially elevate their 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:2020-05377

CVE-2020-16998

Affected Products

Directx

Windows

References · 9

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16998 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16998 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17025 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-16998 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16998 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-17025 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-16998 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-05377 · Security Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2020111026 · Note