Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2020-16915 First vendor Publication 2020-10-16
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such as by convincing a user to open a specially crafted document, or by convincing a user to visit a malicious webpage.

The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Media Foundation handles objects in memory.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16915

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

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Date Description
2020-11-12 Microsoft Windows Media Foundation memory corruption attempt
RuleID : 55980 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-MULTIMEDIA
2020-11-12 Microsoft Windows Media Foundation memory corruption attempt
RuleID : 55979 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-MULTIMEDIA

Sources (Detail)

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1...
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1257/
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