Diagnostic Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Security Vulnerability

Released: Jun 9, 2020

Assigning CNA
Microsoft
CVE.org link
CVE-2020-1202

Executive Summary

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.

Exploitability

The following table provides an exploitability assessment for this vulnerability at the time of original publication.

Publicly disclosed
No
Exploited
No
Exploitability assessment
Exploitation Less Likely

Acknowledgements

  • Yuki Chen of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team working with 360 BugCloud
Microsoft recognizes the efforts of those in the security community who help us protect customers through coordinated vulnerability disclosure. See Acknowledgements for more information.

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