CVE-2020-0941
published 2020-09-11CVE-2020-0941: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information. An attacker who successfully exploited the…
PriorityP423medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHINAN
EPSS
1.13%
62.8th percentile
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.
To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to either log on locally to an affected system, or convince a locally authenticated user to execute a specially crafted application.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how win32k handles objects in memory.
Affected
44 ranges· showing 25
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows_10 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_10 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_10 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_10 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_10 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_10 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_10 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1507 | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1607 | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1709 | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1709_for_32-bit_systems | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1803 | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1809 | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1903_for_32-bit_systems | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1903_for_arm64-based_systems | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1903_for_x64-based_systems | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1909 | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_2004 | >= 10.0.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_8.1 | >= 6.3.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_server_2012 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_server_2012 | >= 6.2.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_server_2012_r2 | >= 6.3.0 < publication | publication |
| microsoft | windows_server_2016 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_server_2016 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_server_2016 | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-g25v-9jpc-v62r: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information, aka 'Win32k Information Disclosure Vu
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2020-1250 [MEDIUM] CWE-200 GHSA-g25v-9jpc-v62r: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information, aka 'Win32k Information Disclosure Vu
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information, aka 'Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0941.
GHSA
GHSA-3g9r-qc5h-97f4: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information, aka 'Win32k Information Disclosure Vu
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2020-0941 [MEDIUM] CWE-200 GHSA-3g9r-qc5h-97f4: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information, aka 'Win32k Information Disclosure Vu
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information, aka 'Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1250.
Microsoft
Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability
vendor_msrc·2020-09-08·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2020-0941 [MEDIUM] Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Description: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.
To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to either log on locally to an affected system, or convince a locally authenticated user to execute a specially crafted application.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how win32k handles objects in memory.
FAQ: What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?
The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is uninitialized memory.
Windows Kernel:
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
2020-09-11
Published