CVE-2020-1272 — Improper Privilege Management in Microsoft Windows

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
15
Microsoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows 10 Version 1903 FOR 32-bit SystemsMicrosoft Windows 10 Version 1903 FOR Arm64-based Systems+12 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 9
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to properly sanitize input leading to an insecure library loading behavior.A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1277, CVE-2020-1302, CVE-2020-1312.

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 Packages13 packages

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-9qvm-6h84-98c2: 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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CVEList
CVE-2020-1272: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to properly sanitize input leading to an inse↗2020-06-09
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Nuclei
vBulletin SQL Injection
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability↗2020-06-09
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