Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-8950 (CCN-176305)

Assigned:2020-02-07
Published:2020-02-07
Updated:2020-02-19
Summary:The AUEPLauncher service in Radeon AMD User Experience Program Launcher through 1.0.0.1 on Windows allows elevation of privilege by placing a crafted file in %PROGRAMDATA%\AMD\PPC\upload and then creating a symbolic link in %PROGRAMDATA%\AMD\PPC\temp that points to an arbitrary folder with an arbitrary file name.
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)
6.9 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:U/RC:R)
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
7.8 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.9 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:U/RC:R)
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
CVSS v2 Severity:7.2 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-59
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2020-8950

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
amd-cve20208950-priv-esc(176305)

Source: CCN
Type: heynowyouseeme Blog, Friday, February 7, 2020
Another Privilege Escalation ( FileWrite eop) in AMD User Experience Program Launcher from Radeon Software (CVE-2020-8950)

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://heynowyouseeme.blogspot.com/2020/02/another-privilege-escalation-filewrite.html

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://heynowyouseeme.blogspot.com/2020/02/privilege-escalation-filewrite-eop-in.html

Source: CCN
Type: AMD Web
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Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:amd:user_experience_program:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 1.0.0.1)
  • AND
  • cpe:/o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    amd user experience program *
    microsoft windows -