CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.8 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Backup Engine. 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.
The weakness was published 12/08/2020 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-16959. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 12/13/2020). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
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
- 7 SP1
- 10
- 10 20H2
- 10 1607
- 10 1709
- 10 1803
- 10 1809
- 10 1903
- 10 1909
- 10 2004
- Server 20H2
- Server 1903
- Server 1909
- Server 2004
- Server 2008 R2 SP1
- Server 2008 SP2
- 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: 7.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1
VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 6.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 7.8
Vendor Vector (Microsoft): 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Unproven
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
08/04/2020 🔍12/08/2020 🔍
12/08/2020 🔍
12/09/2020 🔍
12/13/2020 🔍
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2020-16959 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
Entry
Created: 12/09/2020 08:23Updated: 12/13/2020 18:44
Changes: 12/09/2020 08:23 (32), 12/09/2020 08:24 (2), 12/09/2020 08:27 (20), 12/13/2020 18:41 (2), 12/13/2020 18:44 (18)
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