CVE-2020-1510: Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.5)

CVSS Vector

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

Category

Information Disclosure

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2020-Aug

Released

2020-08-11

EPSS Score

14.17% (percentile: 94.4%)

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. 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 win32k handles objects in memory.

FAQ

What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability? The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is memory layout - the vulnerability allows an attacker to collect information that facilitates predicting addressing of the memory.

Affected Products (22)

Windows

• 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 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 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems
• 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 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

Security Updates (7)

• 4566782
• 4571709
• 4565349
• 4565351
• 4571741
• 4571692
• 4571694

Acknowledgments

Netanel Ben-Simon and Yoav Alon from Check Point Research, fd8d355055

Revision History

• 2020-08-11: Information published. This CVE was addressed by updates that were released in June 2020, but the CVE was inadvertently omitted from the June 2020 Security Updates. This is an informational change only. Customers who have already installed the June 2020 update do not need to take any further action.