CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.0 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to RT 8.1 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Backup Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Engine improperly handles memory.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Backup Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1535, CVE-2020-1539, CVE-2020-1540, CVE-2020-1541, CVE-2020-1542, CVE-2020-1543, CVE-2020-1544, CVE-2020-1545, CVE-2020-1546, CVE-2020-1547, CVE-2020-1551.
The weakness was published 08/11/2020 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-1536. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 08/12/2020). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068. The advisory points out:
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Engine improperly handles memory.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
Similar entries are available at 159564, 159563, 159562 and 159561.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2
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VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 7.8
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-1536 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entry
Created: 08/12/2020 07:28Updated: 11/08/2020 07:36
Changes: 08/12/2020 07:28 (54), 08/12/2020 07:33 (17), 11/08/2020 07:36 (1)
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