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

CVE-2020-0665

Disclosure Date: February 11, 2020
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Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Active Directory Forest trusts due to a default setting that lets an attacker in the trusting forest request delegation of a TGT for an identity from the trusted forest, aka ‘Active Directory Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability’.

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Technical Analysis

This vulnerability enables attackers to break the security boundaries that an Active Directory forest claims to maintain. This is due to a flaw in Kerberos and forest trusts themselves. No details were disclosed so far, but the author (@_dirkjan) is going to talk about it at Blackhat Asia later this year (if Mr. Covid lets it happen).

This issue reminds me of this attack disclosed in 2018, which also targets Active Directory forest security boundaries. This leads to a complete compromise of resources in any forest with a two-way interforest trust. According to Microsoft advisory, the severity of @_dirkjan’s vulnerability is only rated as Important. If the level of compromise is similar than 2018’s attack, I believe it is much more critical.

CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
8.1 High
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
2.2
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
High
Privileges Required (PR):
None
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 10 1909,
  • 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

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