Microsoft Windows up to Server 2019 Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Microsoft Windows. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-1257. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector. 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. CVE summarizes:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles file operations, aka 'Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1278, CVE-2020-1293.

The weakness was disclosed 06/09/2020 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-1257. The attack needs to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/10/2020). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068. The advisory points out:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges.

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

The entries VDB-156396, VDB-156395, VDB-156394 and VDB-156393 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Patch
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11/04/2019 🔍
06/09/2020 +218 days 🔍
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10/23/2020 +135 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-1257 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-1257
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-156392
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/10/2020 09:49
Updated: 10/23/2020 12:50
Changes: 06/10/2020 09:49 (54), 06/10/2020 09:54 (17), 10/23/2020 12:50 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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