PT-2022-8568 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2022-02-24 · Updated 2022-03-04 · CVE-2020-14480

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description A local, authenticated attacker could gain access to certain credentials, including Windows Logon credentials, due to usernames and passwords being stored in plaintext in Random Access Memory (RAM).

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

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-312

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-14480

Affected Products

Windows

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14480 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14480 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-20-177-03 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/27360 · Telegram Post