Link following in Genuine Integrity Service - CVE-2020-9668
Published: July 14, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU29755
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9668
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the way application handles symbolic links. A local user can create a specially crafted symlink to an arbitrary file on the system and overwrite that files with elevated privileges.
Affected software
Genuine Integrity Service
How to mitigate CVE-2020-9668
Install updates from vendor's website.
Genuine Integrity Service - update to 7.1