CVE-2020-1123: Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.5)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Denial of Service
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
Less Likely
Patch Tuesday
2020-May
Released
2020-05-12
EPSS Score
0.27% (percentile: 50.1%)

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a system to stop responding. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service handles file operations.

Affected Products (26)

Windows

  • Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
  • Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

Security Updates (6)

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://www.mcerlane.co.uk">Conor McErlane</a>, Gábor Selján (<A href="https://twitter.com/GaborSeljan">@GaborSeljan</a>), Zhiniang Peng (<a href="https://twitter.com/edwardzpeng">@edwardzpeng</a>) of Qihoo 360 Core security & Xuefeng Li

Revision History

  • 2020-05-12: Information published.