CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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4.2 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 10 1909 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.
The weakness was published 10/13/2020 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is available at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-16901. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. 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 11/18/2020). This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly initializes objects in memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows kernel initializes objects in memory.
It is declared as proof-of-concept.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4
VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 5.0
Vendor Vector (Microsoft): 🔍
NVD Base Score: 5.5
NVD Vector: 🔍
CVSSv2
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Vector | Complexity | Authentication | Confidentiality | Integrity | Availability |
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unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept
EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍
0-Day | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
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Today | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍
Timeline
08/04/2020 🔍10/13/2020 🔍
10/13/2020 🔍
10/14/2020 🔍
11/19/2020 🔍
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2020-16901 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
Entry
Created: 10/14/2020 10:26Updated: 11/19/2020 09:01
Changes: 10/14/2020 10:26 (33), 10/14/2020 10:30 (22), 11/18/2020 07:31 (5), 11/19/2020 08:56 (2), 11/19/2020 09:01 (14)
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