Local privilege escalation via filesystem operations
Published Mar 12, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Windows Installer in affected Microsoft Windows releases allows local users to gain elevated privileges through filesystem operations. The Installer handles certain filesystem operations incorrectly, but Microsoft has not disclosed the affected function, object, or trust-boundary failure. Unprivileged code execution on the target is required; successful exploitation raises the attacker's privileges, while remote-only exposure is not implicated.
Summary
What happened
Windows Installer in affected Microsoft Windows releases allows local users to gain elevated privileges through filesystem operations. The Installer handles certain filesystem operations incorrectly, but Microsoft has not disclosed the affected function, object, or trust-boundary failure. Unprivileged code execution on the target is required; successful exploitation raises the attacker's privileges, while remote-only exposure is not implicated.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-0842
- Published
- Mar 12, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 10 Version 1909
- Classifications
- T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 12, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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