CVE-2020-16902

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to properly sanitize input leading to an insecure library loading behavior.A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-16902
  • Assigner
  • secure@microsoft.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-10-16T23:15:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-10-27T18:22:33
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-269 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:-:*:-:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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-2020-16902 Patch Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16902
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16902
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:22:00 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 00:18:55 2020-10-16T23:15Z 2020-10-16T23:15:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 00:18:55 2020-10-27T18:22:33 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 00:18:55 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated