CVE-2020-0951

MEDIUM

Windows Defender Application Control - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

<p>A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) which could allow an attacker to bypass WDAC enforcement. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute PowerShell commands that would be blocked by WDAC.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker need administrator access on a local machine where PowerShell is running. The attacker could then connect to a PowerShell session and send commands to execute arbitrary code.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how PowerShell commands are validated when WDAC protection is enabled.</p>

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0704
EPSS Percentile 93.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (14)
microsoft/powershell 7.0.8
microsoft/powershell 7.0 - 7.0.8
microsoft/windows_10 1607 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_10 1709
microsoft/windows_10 1803
microsoft/windows_10 1809
microsoft/windows_10 1903
microsoft/windows_10 1909
microsoft/windows_10 2004
microsoft/windows_server_2016
... and 4 more
Published Sep 11, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026