PT-2020-5923 · Microsoft · Cmd.Exe

Published 2020-06-10 · Updated 2020-06-10

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Windows cmd.exe (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to insufficient input validation in the cmd.exe command line interpreter of the Windows operating system. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

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

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-02035

Affected Products

Cmd.Exe

References · 4

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-02035 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/io/file-path-formats · Note
• https://hackingiscool.pl/cmdhijack-command-argument-confusion-with-path-traversal-in-cmd-exe · Note
• https://securitylab.ru/news/509145.php · Note