CVE-2020-0838: NTFS 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-Sep
Released: 2020-09-08
EPSS Score: 0.36% (percentile: 58.4%)

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when NTFS improperly checks access. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, and then run a specially crafted application to take control over the affected system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how NTFS checks access.

Affected Products (44)

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Security Updates (15)

Acknowledgments

Clément Lavoillotte <a href="https://twitter.com/clavoillotte">@clavoillotte</a> of <a href="https://almond.consulting/">Almond</a>

Revision History

2020-09-08: Information published.