CVE-2020-1048 — Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres in Microsoft Windows

CWE-669 — Incorrect Resource Transfer Between SpheresCWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management9 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
74.5%
top 1.15%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
12
Microsoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows 10 Version 1903 FOR 32-bit SystemsMicrosoft Windows 10 Version 1903 FOR Arm64-based Systems+9 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 21
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Print Spooler service improperly allows arbitrary writing to the file system, aka 'Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1070.

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

Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com ↗Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-mvfv-8xhv-cj53: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Print Spooler service improperly allows arbitrary writing to the file system, aka 'Win↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-1048: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Print Spooler service improperly allows arbitrary writing to the file system, aka 'Win↗2020-05-21
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VulnCheck
Microsoft Windows Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres↗2020
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🔍Detection Rules

2
Elastic
Deprecated - Suspicious PrintSpooler Service Executable File Creation↗
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Elastic
Suspicious Print Spooler SPL File Created↗
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability↗2020-05-12
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-6106 f2fs-tools: specially crafted filesystem can be used to disclose information↗2020-10-15
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CVE-2020-1048 — Microsoft Windows vulnerability | cvebase