CVE-2020-1202HighCVSS 7.0

Diagnostic Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published
June 9, 2020
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector fail to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. 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 update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector handle objects in memory.

🎯 Affected products35

  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6 (includes 16.0 - 16.5)
  • 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 Version 2004 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 2004 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 2004 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
  • +5 more not shown

✅ Remediation

KB4561621 (Security Update) KB4561608 (Security Update) KB4560960 (Security Update) KB4561602 (Security Update) KB4561649 (Security Update) KB4561616 (Security Update) KBRelease Notes (Security Update) KB4562053 (Security Update) KB4557957 (Security Update)

🔗 References (16)