Local privilege escalation via arbitrary file creation
Published Jun 9, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Elevation of privilege in Microsoft's Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service allows local users to execute code with elevated rights. The service improperly authorizes file operations and permits attacker-directed file creation in arbitrary filesystem locations. Exploitation requires low-privileged code execution on an affected host; successful use crosses the service privilege boundary.
Summary
What happened
Elevation of privilege in Microsoft's Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service allows local users to execute code with elevated rights. The service improperly authorizes file operations and permits attacker-directed file creation in arbitrary filesystem locations. Exploitation requires low-privileged code execution on an affected host; successful use crosses the service privilege boundary.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-1278
- Published
- Jun 9, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
- Classifications
- T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 9, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=16.0
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