CVE-2020-1578: Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Overview
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.5)
- CVSS Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
- Category
- Information Disclosure
- Exploit Status
- Not Exploited
- Exploitation Likelihood
- More Likely
- Patch Tuesday
- 2020-Aug
- Released
- 2020-08-11
- EPSS Score
- 0.35% (percentile: 57.5%)
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Windows kernel that could allow an attacker to retrieve information that could lead to a Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) bypass. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could retrieve the memory address of a kernel object.
To exploit the 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 kernel handles memory addresses.
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 (20)
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 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 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)
Security Updates (4)
Acknowledgments
Jarvis_1oop of Pinduoduo Security Research Lab
Revision History
- 2020-08-11: Information published.