Vulnerability CVE-2020-1012

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-1012 (CCN-187285)

Assigned:

2019-11-04

Published:

2020-09-08

Updated:

2021-07-21

Summary:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Wininit.dll handles objects in memory, aka 'WinINet API Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

CVSS v3 Severity:

8.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.7 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

8.8 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.7 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

9.0 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-269

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Privileges

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2020-1012

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ms-Windows-cve20201012-priv-esc(187285)

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Security TechCenter - September 2020
WinINet API Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Source: N/A
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
N/A

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

AND

cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*