Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Azure Sphere - CVE-2020-16989

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Azure Sphere - CVE-2020-16989

Published: November 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU48248
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-16989
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Azure Sphere

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows an administrator with physical access to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-16989

Install updates from vendor's website.

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