CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.8 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component DirectX. 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 DirectX improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'DirectX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1308.
The weakness was presented 09/08/2020 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is available at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-1053. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/12/2020). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
See 160902, 160901, 160900 and 160899 for similar entries.
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- 10
- 10 1607
- 10 1709
- 10 1803
- 10 1809
- 10 1903
- 10 1909
- 10 2004
- Server 1903
- Server 1909
- Server 2004
- Server 2016
- Server 2019
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0
VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 7.8
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
11/04/2019 🔍09/08/2020 🔍
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-2020-1053 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entry
Created: 09/09/2020 07:26Updated: 11/13/2020 18:51
Changes: 09/09/2020 07:26 (54), 09/09/2020 07:31 (17), 11/12/2020 07:51 (1), 11/13/2020 18:51 (1)
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