Privilege escalation in Microsoft Provisioning Runtime

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU25965

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-0808

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists in the way the Provisioning Runtime validates certain file operations. A local user can gain elevated privileges on the target system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Windows: 10 1709 10.0.16299.19 - 10 1909 10.0.18363.476

Windows Server: 2019 10.0.17763.1 - 2019 1909

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:10_1709:10.0.16299.19:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:10_1803:10.0.17134.48:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:10_1809:10.0.17763.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:10_1903:10.0.18362.116:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:10_1909:10.0.18363.476:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:2019:10.0.17763.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:2019_1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:2019_1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:2019_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0808

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.