PT-2020-5248 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2020-12-08 · Updated 2023-12-31 · CVE-2020-16964

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 insecure privilege management in the Windows Backup Engine component of the Windows operating system. It allows an attacker to elevate their privileges.

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:2020-05881

CVE-2020-16964

Affected Products

Windows

References · 33

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16964 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-05881 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16964 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-16964 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-16964 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-16964 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16964 · Vendor Advisory
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