Microsoft Windows up to Server 2019 System Events Broker privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component System Events Broker. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-1357. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component System Events Broker. 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 Windows System Events Broker improperly handles file operations, aka 'Windows System Events Broker Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

The weakness was disclosed 07/14/2020 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is available at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-1357. Local access is required to approach this attack. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/15/2020). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows System Events Broker 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.

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

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 7.8
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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

11/04/2019 🔍
07/14/2020 +253 days 🔍
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07/15/2020 +1 days 🔍
10/30/2020 +107 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-1357 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-1357
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-157982
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/15/2020 11:29
Updated: 10/30/2020 11:47
Changes: 07/15/2020 11:29 (54), 07/15/2020 11:34 (17), 10/30/2020 11:47 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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