SB2020122401 - Privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows
Published: December 24, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020122401
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-17008)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the user-mode printer driver host process splwow64.exe within the Windows kernel. A local user can run a specially crafted program to trigger untrusted pointer dereference and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges.
Note, this vulnerability exists due to incomplete patch for vulnerability #VU28018.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.