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

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-1130. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects 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. The summary by CVE is:

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector improperly handles data operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.</p> <p>An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector handles data operations.</p>

The weakness was disclosed 09/08/2020 as confirmed security update guide (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Microsoft. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-1130. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/24/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector improperly handles data operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes 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.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Microsoft

Name

• Windows

Version

• 10
• 10 1607
• 10 1709
• 10 1803
• 10 1809
• 10 1903
• 10 1909
• 10 2004
• Server 1903
• Server 1909
• Server 2004
• 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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