CVE-2020-15145

MEDIUM

Composer-Setup for Windows <6.0.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0040
EPSS Percentile 32.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-276
Status published
Products (1)
getcomposer/composer-setup < 6.0.0
Published Aug 14, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026