Microsoft Windows up to Server 2019 Graphics Component privileges management
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). This affects some unknown processing of the component Graphics Component. 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. The summary by CVE is:
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Graphics Component improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
The weakness was disclosed 09/08/2020 as confirmed security update guide (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Microsoft. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-0998. Attacking locally is a requirement. Required for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/12/2020). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Graphics Component improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The entries 160891, 160890, 160889 and 160886 are pretty similar.
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Version
- 8.1
- 10
- 10 1607
- 10 1709
- 10 1803
- 10 1809
- 10 1903
- 10 1909
- 10 2004
- RT 8.1
- Server 1903
- Server 1909
- Server 2004
- Server 2012
- Server 2012 R2
- Server 2016
- Server 2019
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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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: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
11/04/2019 🔍09/08/2020 🔍
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11/13/2020 🔍
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-0998 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entry
Created: 09/09/2020 07:19Updated: 11/13/2020 17:43
Changes: 09/09/2020 07:19 (55), 09/09/2020 07:24 (17), 11/12/2020 07:50 (1), 11/13/2020 17:43 (1)
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