CVE-2020-15264

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-15264
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-10-20 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-10-30 22:32:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Boxstarter installer before version 2.13.0 configures C:\ProgramData\Boxstarter to be in the system-wide PATH environment variable. However, this directory is writable by normal, unprivileged users. To exploit the vulnerability, place a DLL in this directory that a privileged service is looking for. For example, WptsExtensions.dll When Windows starts, it'll execute the code in DllMain() with SYSTEM privileges. Any unprivileged user can execute code with SYSTEM privileges. The issue is fixed in version 3.13.0

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-668 | CWE-73

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Chocolatey Boxstarter All All All All
Application Chocolatey Boxstarter All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Merge pull request from GHSA-rpgx-h675-r3jf · chocolatey/boxstarter@67e3204 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
VU#208577 - Chocolatey Boxstarter vulnerable to privilege escalation due to weak ACLs CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory
Boxstarter folder allows write access for standard users · Advisory · chocolatey/boxstarter · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
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