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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Network Connections Service. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2020-0802. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). Affected is some unknown processing of the component Network Connections Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Network Connections Service handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Network Connections Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0778, CVE-2020-0803, CVE-2020-0804, CVE-2020-0845.

The weakness was disclosed 03/10/2020 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is available at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-0802. Local access is required to approach this attack. Required for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/11/2020). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Network Connections Service handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The entries VDB-151126, VDB-151125, VDB-151124 and VDB-151123 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Microsoft

Name

• Windows

Version

• 7 SP1
• 8.1
• 10
• 10 1607
• 10 1709
• 10 1803
• 10 1809
• 10 1903
• 10 1909
• RT 8.1
• Server 1803
• Server 1903
• Server 1909
• Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Server 2008 SP2
• Server 2012
• Server 2012 R2
• Server 2016
• Server 2019

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
• Product: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows

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