CVE-2020-1393: Windows Diagnostics Hub 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-Jul

Released

2020-07-14

EPSS Score

0.29% (percentile: 52.0%)

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service fails to properly sanitize input, leading to an unsecure library-loading behavior. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service sanitizes input, to help preclude unintended elevated system privileges.

Affected Products (34)

Windows

• Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
• 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)
• Windows 10 Version 2004 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 2004 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 2004 for x64-based Systems
• Windows Server, version 2004 (Server Core installation)

Developer Tools

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6 (includes 16.0 - 16.5)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0

Security Updates (12)

• 4565489
• 4558998
• 4565483
• 4565508
• 4565513
• 4565511
• 4565503
• Release Notes
• Release Notes
• 4567703
• Release Notes
• Release Notes

Acknowledgments

Zhiniang Peng (@edwardzpeng) and Fangming Gu (@afang5472)

Revision History

• 2020-07-14: Information published.