CVE-2020-0843 — Improper Privilege Management in Microsoft Windows
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
NVD5.5CNA5.5
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 12
Latest updateMay 24
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Installer because of the way Windows Installer handles certain filesystem operations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would require unprivileged execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0779, CVE-2020-0798, CVE-2020-0814, CVE-2020-0842.
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
Affected Packages10 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
10GHSA▶
GHSA-hwf9-pw8h-7mw6: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Installer because of the way Windows Installer handles certain filesystem operations↗2022-05-24
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GHSA-p52c-qqp9-8p57: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to properly sanitize input leading to an inse↗2022-05-24
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GHSA-q7v5-6947-34gx: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when MSI packages process symbolic links, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of↗2022-05-24
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GHSA-mp9q-9rqc-8x67: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Installer because of the way Windows Installer handles certain filesystem operations↗2022-05-24
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GHSA-4q2q-cpj4-frpf: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Installer because of the way Windows Installer handles certain filesystem operations↗2022-05-24