CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.2 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block of the component Start-Up Application. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Wininit.dll handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Start-Up Application Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
The weakness was published 09/08/2020 as confirmed security update guide (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated with Microsoft. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-1506. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/09/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Wininit.dll handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
Similar entries are available at VDB-159507, VDB-160838, VDB-160888 and VDB-164632.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 4.4
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-1506 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 09/09/2020 13:54Updated: 09/09/2020 13:59
Changes: 09/09/2020 13:54 (54), 09/09/2020 13:59 (17)
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