Windows Error Reporting Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles file and folder links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could overwrite a targeted file leading to an elevated status. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Error Reporting manager handles file and folder links.
🎯 Affected products26
- Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
- Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)
✅ Remediation
KB4556807 (Security Update) KB4551853 (Security Update) KB4556799 (Security Update) KB4556812 (Security Update) KB4556826 (Security Update) KB4556813 (Security Update)
🔗 References (13)
- advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1132
- patchhttps://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB4556807
- referencehttps://support.microsoft.com/help/4556807
- patchhttps://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB4551853
- referencehttps://support.microsoft.com/help/4551853
- patchhttps://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB4556799
- referencehttps://support.microsoft.com/help/4556799
- patchhttps://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB4556812
- referencehttps://support.microsoft.com/help/4556812
- patchhttps://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB4556826
- referencehttps://support.microsoft.com/help/4556826
- patchhttps://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB4556813
- referencehttps://support.microsoft.com/help/4556813