High severity · published Aug 14, 2020
CVE-2020-15145
In Composer-Setup for Windows before version 6.0.0, if the developer's computer is shared with other users, a local attacker may be able to exploit the following scenarios
8.2
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Composer-Setup for Windows before version 6.0.0, if the developer's computer is shared with other users, a local attacker may be able to exploit the following scenarios. 1. A local regular user may modify the existing `C:\ProgramData\ComposerSetup\bin\composer.bat` in order to get elevated command execution when composer is run by an administrator. 2. A local regular user may create a specially crafted dll in the `C:\ProgramData\ComposerSetup\bin` folder in order to get Local System privileges. See: https://itm4n.github.io/windows-server-netman-dll-hijacking. 3. If the directory of the php.exe selected by the user is not in the system path, it is added without checking that it is admin secured, as per Microsoft guidelines. See: https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Composer-setup · Getcomposer
before 6.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15145
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15145
Patch
https://github.com/composer/windows-setup/commit/ca9f1435d368e3377e82d60ef0c7b795afa9f804
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/composer/windows-setup/security/advisories/GHSA-wgrx-r3qv-332c
