Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Security Vulnerability

Released: Jun 9, 2020

Assigning CNA
Microsoft
CVE.org link
CVE-2020-1257

Executive Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges.

An attacker with unprivileged access to a vulnerable system could exploit this vulnerability.

The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service properly handles file operations.

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

  • Zhiniang Peng (@edwardzpeng) and Fangming Gu (@afang5472)
  • Yuki Chen of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
Microsoft recognizes the efforts of those in the security community who help us protect customers through coordinated vulnerability disclosure. See Acknowledgements for more information.

Security Updates

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