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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to Server 2019. It has been classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Windows Runtime. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-1151. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows up to Server 2019 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Windows Runtime. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. 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 summary by CVE is:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Runtime improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1077, CVE-2020-1086, CVE-2020-1090, CVE-2020-1125, CVE-2020-1139, CVE-2020-1149, CVE-2020-1155, CVE-2020-1156, CVE-2020-1157, CVE-2020-1158, CVE-2020-1164.

The weakness was presented 05/12/2020 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Microsoft. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-1151. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/13/2020). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue. The advisory points out:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Runtime improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in an elevated context.

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

See VDB-155157, VDB-155156, VDB-155155 and VDB-155154 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Operating System

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• Microsoft

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• Windows

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• 10 1709
• 10 1803
• 10 1809
• 10 1903
• 10 1909
• Server 1803
• Server 1903
• Server 1909
• Server 2016
• Server 2019

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• commercial

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

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