CVE-2020-11005

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-11005
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-14 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-04-22 18:40:00 UTC
DescriptionThe WindowsHello open source library (NuGet HaemmerElectronics.SeppPenner.WindowsHello), before version 1.0.4, has a vulnerability where encrypted data could potentially be decrypted without needing authentication. If the library is used to encrypt text and write the output to a txt file, another executable could be able to decrypt the text using the static method NCryptDecrypt from this same library without the need to use Windows Hello Authentication again. This has been patched in version 1.0.4.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-327

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Windowshello Project Windowshello All All All All
Application Windowshello Project Windowshello All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Question] Security of the Encrypted data · Issue #3 · SeppPenner/WindowsHello · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Internal NCryptDecrypt method could be used by other libraries as well. · Advisory · SeppPenner/WindowsHello · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 983126 Dotnet (nuget) Security Update for HaemmerElectronics.SeppPenner.WindowsHello (GHSA-wvpv-ffcv-r6cw)

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