Microsoft Windows up to Server 2019 Imaging information disclosure

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Microsoft Windows. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Imaging. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-0853. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Imaging. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows Imaging Component fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Windows Imaging Component Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.

The weakness was released 03/10/2020 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated with Microsoft. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-0853. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/11/2020). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue. The advisory points out:

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows Imaging Component fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user's system.

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

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-151145, VDB-151144, VDB-151143 and VDB-151142. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Microsoft

Name

• Windows

Version

• 7 SP1
• 8.1
• 10
• 10 1607
• 10 1709
• 10 1803
• 10 1809
• 10 1903
• 10 1909
• RT 8.1
• Server 1803
• Server 1903
• Server 1909
• Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Server 2008 SP2
• Server 2012
• Server 2012 R2
• Server 2016
• Server 2019

License

• commercial

Website

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

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