CVE-2020-0678
published 2020-02-11CVE-2020-0678: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles hard links, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Manager…
high7.8CVSS 3.1
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An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles hard links, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
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Microsoft
Windows Error Reporting Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
vendor_msrc·2020-02-11·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2020-0678 [HIGH] Windows Error Reporting Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Error Reporting Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Description: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could overwrite a targeted file leading to an elevated status.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Error Reporting manager handles hard links.
Microsoft Windows: Microsoft Windows
Microsoft: Microsoft
Impact: Elevation of Privilege
Exploit Status: Publicly Disclosed:No;Exploited:N
GHSA
GHSA-f5q8-x54v-qrg3: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles hard links, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Manage
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2020-0678 [HIGH] CWE-269 GHSA-f5q8-x54v-qrg3: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles hard links, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Manage
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles hard links, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday — Feb. 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage
blogs_talos·2020-02-11·CVSS 8.8
[HIGH] Microsoft Patch Tuesday — Feb. 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage
By Jon Munshaw.
Microsoft released its monthly security update today, disclosing vulnerabilities across many of its products and releasing corresponding updates. This month's Patch Tuesday covers 98 vulnerabilities, 12 of which are considered critical and 84 that are considered important. There are also two bugs that were not assigned a severity.
This month's patches include updates to the Windows kernel, the Windows scripting engine and Remote Desktop Procol, among other software and features. Microsoft also provided a critical advisory covering updates to Adobe Flash Player.
Talos released a new set of SNORTⓇ rules today that provide coverage for some of these vulnerabilities, which you can see here.
### Critical vulnerabilities Microsoft disclosed 12 critical vulnerabilities this mo
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday — Feb. 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage
blogs_talos·2020-02-11·CVSS 7.5
[HIGH] Microsoft Patch Tuesday — Feb. 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage
## Microsoft Patch Tuesday — Feb. 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage
By Jon Munshaw.
Microsoft released its monthly security update today, disclosing vulnerabilities across many of its products and releasing corresponding updates. This month's Patch Tuesday covers 98 vulnerabilities, 12 of which are considered critical and 84 that are considered important. There are also two bugs that were not assigned a severity.
This month's patches include updates to the Windows kernel, the Windows scripting engine and Remote Desktop Procol, among other software and features. Microsoft also provided a critical advisory covering updates to Adobe Flash Player.
Talos released a new set of SNORTⓇ rules today that provide coverage for some of these vulnerabilities, which you can see here
2020-02-11
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