CVE-2020-1571 - Incorrect Default Permissions

Severity

78%

Complexity

18%

Confidentiality

98%

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Setup in the way it handles permissions.A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges, aka 'Windows Setup Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Microsoft Windows 10

First reported 4 years ago

2020-08-17 19:15:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-08-24 16:51:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 10 1803

1803

Microsoft Windows 10 1809

1809

Microsoft Windows 10 1909

1909

References

N/A

N/A

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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