PT-2020-4873 · Microsoft · Windows

Guopengfei · Published 2020-11-10 · Updated 2023-12-31 · CVE-2020-17038

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 the Win32k component in Windows operating systems and is associated with insecure privilege management. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to elevate their privileges. It is an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability that allows attackers to affect the system.

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

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-05427

CVE-2020-17038

Affected Products

Windows

References · 8

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-17038 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-17038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2020-17038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-17038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17038 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-17038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-05427 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/7018 · Telegram Post