Microsoft Windows up to Server 2019 Windows Address Book privileges management

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Windows Address Book. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-1410. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Windows Address Book. 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:

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Address Book (WAB) improperly processes vcard files.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could send a malicious vcard that a victim opens using Windows Address Book (WAB), aka 'Windows Address Book Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.

The weakness was released 07/14/2020 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-1410. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. 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 07/15/2020). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068. The advisory points out:

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Address Book (WAB) improperly processes vcard files.

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-157920, VDB-157919, VDB-157918 and VDB-157917. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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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
• 10 2004
• RT 8.1
• Server 1903
• Server 1909
• Server 2004
• Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Server 2008 SP2
• Server 2012
• Server 2012 R2
• Server 2016
• Server 2019

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• commercial

Website

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

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