Attacker Value
Low
(1 user assessed)
Exploitability
Low
(1 user assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Local
0

CVE-2020-0754

Disclosure Date: February 11, 2020
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Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Error Reporting (WER) when WER handles and executes files, aka ‘Windows Error Reporting Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability’. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0753.

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Technical Analysis

Analysis is available at https://github.com/afang5472/CVE-2020-0753-and-CVE-2020-0754/blob/master/WERReport-CVE-2020-0754/WERRaceCondition.docx although it doesn’t seem like the PoC code is available upon initial inspection.

This vulnerability is fairly similar to CVE-2020-0753 and results in arbitrary file deletion as the SYSTEM user should an attacker be able to create a symbolic link for a temporary file at the right time.

Vulnerabilty also exists within wersvc.dll, although the given function name is not provided within the writeup to the best of my knowledge.

CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
7.8 High
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • microsoft

Products

  • windows 10 -,
  • windows 10 1607,
  • windows 10 1709,
  • windows 10 1803,
  • windows 10 1809,
  • windows 10 1903,
  • windows 7 -,
  • windows 8.1 -,
  • windows rt 8.1 -,
  • windows server 2008 -,
  • windows server 2008 r2,
  • windows server 2012 -,
  • windows server 2012 r2,
  • windows server 2016 -,
  • windows server 2016 1803,
  • windows server 2016 1903,
  • windows server 2016 1909,
  • windows server 2019 -

Additional Info

Technical Analysis