CVE-2020-0951

Summary

<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>

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 180310.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 180910.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows Server 201910.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)10.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 190910.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)10.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems10.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 170910.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems10.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems10.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems10.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)10.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 200410.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows Server version 200410.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 160710.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows Server 201610.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)10.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftPowerShell 7.07.0.0 < 7.0.8affected
MicrosoftPowerShell 7.17.1.0 < 7.1.5affected

Weaknesses

  • Security Feature Bypass

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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