Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Mailbox Interface driver - CVE-2020-8743

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Mailbox Interface driver - CVE-2020-8743

Published: August 13, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU45682
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8743
CWE-ID: CWE-264
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 application does not properly impose security restrictions in the installer, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


Affected software

Mailbox Interface driver

How to mitigate CVE-2020-8743

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.


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