CVE-2020-16940

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows User Profile Service (ProfSvc) improperly handles junction points, aka 'Windows - User Profile Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-16940
  • Assigner
  • secure@microsoft.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-10-16T23:15:15
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-10-21T16:17:40
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:*:*:*:*:x64:* 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:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16940 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1248/ Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16940
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16940
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:22:44 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 00:21:05 2020-10-16T23:15Z 2020-10-16T23:15:15 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 00:21:06 2020-10-21T16:17:40 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 00:21:06 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated