Microsoft Windows up to Server 2019 Win32k privileges management

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6.3	$5k-$25k	0.00

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Win32k. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 11/10/2020 as confirmed security guidance (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-17057 since 08/04/2020. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/05/2020).

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

Productinfoedit

Type

Operating System

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

Windows

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 7.0
Vendor Vector (Microsoft): 🔒

NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfoedit

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: CWE-269
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Unproven

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Countermeasuresinfoedit

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔒
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Timelineinfoedit

08/04/2020 CVE assigned
11/10/2020 +98 days Advisory disclosed
11/10/2020 +0 days Countermeasure disclosed
11/11/2020 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/05/2020 +24 days VulDB last update

Sourcesinfoedit

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

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-17057 (🔒)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215

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