CVE-2020-1066High

.NET Framework Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published
May 12, 2020
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2020-1066 →

📋 Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in .NET Framework which could allow an attacker to elevate their privilege level. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to access the local machine, and then run a malicious program. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how .NET Framework activates COM objects.

🎯 Affected products6

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 on Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)

✅ Remediation

KB4556402 (Monthly Rollup) KB4556406 (Security Only) KB4556399 (Monthly Rollup) KB4556403 (Security Only)

🔗 References (9)