CVE-2020-1170

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Defender that leads arbitrary file deletion on the system.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1163.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-1170
  • Assigner
  • secure@microsoft.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-06-09T20:15:12
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-07-21T11:39:23
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-732 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/732.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:itanium:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:forefront_endpoint_protection_2010:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:security_essentials:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_endpoint_protection:2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_endpoint_protection:2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1170 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160919/Cloud-Filter-Arbitrary-File-Creation-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1170
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1170
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:01:32 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 17:38:52 2020-06-09T20:15Z 2020-06-09T20:15:12 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 17:38:52 2021-07-21T11:39:23 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 17:38:52 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated