Microsoft Windows up to Server 2004 Win32 privileges management

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6.8	$5k-$25k	0.00

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to Server 2004 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Win32. 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 published 11/10/2020 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is available at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-17010 since 08/04/2020. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. 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 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: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 6.8
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 7.8
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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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Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

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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-2020-17010 (🔒)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215

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