| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2020-1488 (CCN-185911) | ||||||||||||
| Assigned: | 2019-11-04 | ||||||||||||
| Published: | 2020-08-11 | ||||||||||||
| Updated: | 2020-08-24 | ||||||||||||
| Summary: | An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows AppX Deployment Extensions improperly performs privilege management, resulting in access to system files.To exploit this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how AppX Deployment Extensions manages privileges., aka 'Windows AppX Deployment Extensions Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. | ||||||||||||
| 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)
6.8 Medium (CCN 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)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 4.6 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-269 | ||||||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Gain Privileges | ||||||||||||
| References: | Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2020-1488 Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN ms-windows-cve20201488-priv-esc(185911) Source: CCN Type: Microsoft Security TechCenter - August 2020 Windows AppX Deployment Extensions Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Source: N/A Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory N/A | ||||||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||||||
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