Vulnerability CVE-2020-1159

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-1159 (CCN-187310)

Assigned:

2019-11-04

Published:

2020-09-08

Updated:

2021-07-21

Summary:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the StartTileData.dll handles file creation in protected locations, aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1052, CVE-2020-1376.

CVSS v3 Severity:

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

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

5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
4.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

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

CVSS v2 Severity:

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

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

4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

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

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-269

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Privileges

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2020-1159

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ms-windows-cve20201159-priv-esc(187310)

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

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

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

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

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

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

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_1903:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_1909:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2004:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:x32:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*