Improper privilege management in Precision X1 - CVE-2020-14979
Published: November 6, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU99973
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14979
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management within the WinRing0.sys and WinRing0x64.sys drivers 1.2.0. A local user can execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges.
Affected software
Precision X1
How to mitigate CVE-2020-14979
Install updates from vendor's website.
Precision X1 - update to 1.0.7