Security Advisory - Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Some Microsoft Windows Systems
- SA No:huawei-sa-20200805-01-windows
- Initial Release Date: Aug 05, 2020
- Last Release Date: Aug 05, 2020
Microsoft released a security advisory to disclose an elevation of privilege vulnerability which exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-04145)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-1027.
Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200805-01-windows-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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HUAWEI MateBook 13 |
Running the affected Windows Versions |
Follow the Microsoft security advisory to implement patch |
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HUAWEI MateBook 14 |
Running the affected Windows Versions |
Follow the Microsoft security advisory to implement patch |
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HUAWEI MateBook D |
Running the affected Windows Versions |
Follow the Microsoft security advisory to implement patch |
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HUAWEI MateBook X Pro |
Running the affected Windows Versions |
Follow the Microsoft security advisory to implement patch |
Successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Temporal Score: 7.2 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
1. Running the affected Windows operating system.
Vulnerability details:
Microsoft released a security advisory to disclose an elevation of privilege vulnerability which exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.
The Microsoft security advisory is available at:
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1027
Customers should contact Huawei TAC (Huawei Technical Assistance Center) to request the upgrades. For TAC contact information, please refer to Huawei worldwide website at http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/report-vulnerabilities.
This vulnerability was discovered by Microsoft.
2020-08-05 V1.0 INITIAL
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