Shell infrastructure component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Published Sep 11, 2020
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.00%
Description
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Shell infrastructure component improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way in which the Shell infrastructure component handles objects in memory and preventing unintended elevation from lower integrity application.</p>
Affected products
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Affected
- ≥ 10.0.0, < publication
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- ≥ 10.0.0, < publication
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- ≥ 10.0.0, < publication
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- ≥ 10.0.0, < publication
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- ≥ 10.0.0, < publication
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- ≥ 10.0.0, < publication
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- ≥ 10.0.0, < publication
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- ≥ 10.0.0, < publication
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- ≥ 10.0.0, < publication
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Affected
- ≥ 10.0.0, < publication
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Affected
- ≥ 10.0.0, < publication
Default status is the baseline for the product. Each version can override it (patched versions can be marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions |
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| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1607 | unknown | Affected
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| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1709 | unknown | Affected
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| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems | unknown | Affected
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| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1803 | unknown | Affected
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| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1809 | unknown | Affected
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| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems | unknown | Affected
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| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems | unknown | Affected
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| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems | unknown | Affected
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| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1909 | unknown | Affected
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2016 | unknown | Affected
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2019 | unknown | Affected
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- 1607
- 1607
- 1709
- 1803
- 1809
- 1903
- 1909
- n/a
- n/a
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No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
No CWE recorded.
References (2)
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-2339 Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0870 x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
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| https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-2339 | Advisory | |
| https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0870 | x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
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