High severity · published Jun 9, 2020
CVE-2020-1257
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles file operations, aka 'Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector…
7.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles file operations, aka 'Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1278, CVE-2020-1293.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Windows · Microsoft
1607; 1709; 1803; 1809; 1903; 1909; +1 more · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio · Microsoft
2015 · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio 2017 · Microsoft
15.0 through 15.9 · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio 2019 · Microsoft
16.0 through 16.6 · source: NVD
WS
Windows Server 2016 · Microsoft
1803; 1903; 1909; 2004 · source: NVD
WS
Windows Server 2019 · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1257
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1257
Patch
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1257
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