CVE-2020-0638: Update Notification Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Elevation of Privilege

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2020-Jan

Released

2020-01-14

EPSS Score

1.48% (percentile: 81.0%)

CISA KEV

Listed — due 2022-06-13

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way the Update Notification Manager handles files. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Update Notification Manager handles files.

Affected Products (20)

Windows

• Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
• Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
• Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
• Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)
• Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems

Security Updates (4)

• 4534276
• 4534293
• 4534273
• 4528760

Acknowledgments

Zhiniang Peng (@edwardzpeng) of Qihoo 360 Core Security and Jiadong Lu

Revision History

• 2020-01-14: Information published.