CVE-2020-0772Improper Privilege Management in Microsoft Windows

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 38.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 12
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting improperly handles memory.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0806.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-fpg8-74xf-pjxj: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Error Reporting (WER) when WER handles and executes files, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Elev2022-05-24
GHSA
GHSA-wf9j-82w7-65c8: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting improperly handles memory2022-05-24
CVEList
CVE-2020-0772: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting improperly handles memory2020-03-12
CVEList
CVE-2020-0806: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Error Reporting (WER) when WER handles and executes files, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Elev2020-03-12

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Windows Error Reporting Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2020-03-10

🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday — March 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage2020-03-10
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday — March 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage2020-03-10
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