7.8
HIGH
CVE-2020-1048
Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege
Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Print Spooler service improperly allows arbitrary writing to the file system, aka 'Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1070.

INFO

Published Date :

May 21, 2020, 11:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 28, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-1048 has a 47 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-1048 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft windows_10
2 Microsoft windows_7
3 Microsoft windows_8.1
4 Microsoft windows_rt_8.1
5 Microsoft windows_server_2008
6 Microsoft windows_server_2012
7 Microsoft windows_server_2016
8 Microsoft windows_server_2019
9 Microsoft windows_server
10 Microsoft windows
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 10
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-1048.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158222/Windows-Print-Spooler-Privilege-Escalation.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159217/Microsoft-Spooler-Local-Privilege-Elevation.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1048 Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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MinoTauro2020/PurpleTeam-ThreatHunting

Principales Ataques para desarrollar el servicio

Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 3, 2024, 7:41 a.m. This repo has been linked 7 different CVEs too.
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Cruxer8Mech/Idk

None

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 26, 2024, 1:37 p.m. This repo has been linked 233 different CVEs too.
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Diverto/IPPrintC2

PoC for using MS Windows printers for persistence / command and control via Internet Printing

PowerShell

Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago
137 stars 15 fork 15 watcher
Born at : May 3, 2024, 9:13 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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lions2012/Penetration_Testing_POC

渗透测试有关的POC、EXP、脚本、提权、小工具等---About penetration-testing python-script poc getshell csrf xss cms php-getshell domainmod-xss csrf-webshell cobub-razor cve rce sql sql-poc poc-exp bypass oa-getshell cve-cms

Assembly Python Shell PHP C++ C Go Ruby HTML Java

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
4 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 7, 2024, 2:08 p.m. This repo has been linked 305 different CVEs too.
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Y3A/cve-2020-1048

spoolsv.exe arb file write poc

C

Updated: 1 year, 2 months ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 30, 2023, 11:36 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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ScioShield/sibyl-gpt

None

Python

Updated: 1 year, 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 8, 2023, 8:26 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.
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CVEDB/awesome-cve-repo

None

Shell

Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago
3 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : March 23, 2023, 4:32 a.m. This repo has been linked 435 different CVEs too.
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xuetusummer/Penetration_Testing_POC

None

Assembly Python Shell PHP C++ C Go Ruby HTML Java

Updated: 2 months ago
6 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Nov. 25, 2022, 2:30 a.m. This repo has been linked 270 different CVEs too.
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bakedmuffinman/Neo23x0-sysmon-config

None

Updated: 3 months ago
6 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Sept. 17, 2022, 2:20 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.
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cve-north-stars/cve-north-stars.github.io

Leveraging CVEs as North Stars in vulnerability discovery and comprehension.

cve rootcauseanalysis vulnerability-research patchdiff ghidra windows cve-north-stars

Dockerfile Shell Ruby HTML JavaScript SCSS Lua

Updated: 1 month ago
55 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : July 30, 2022, 7:42 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.
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anquanscan/sec-tools

None

Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago
17 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : July 28, 2022, 3:22 a.m. This repo has been linked 149 different CVEs too.
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soosmile/POC

None

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
8 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 21, 2022, 7:45 a.m. This repo has been linked 943 different CVEs too.
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francevarotz98/WinPrintSpoolerSaga

PowerShell and C++ PoCs for critical / high impact Windows Spooler vulnerabilities found in 2020-22

C++ C PowerShell

Updated: 1 year, 7 months ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 10, 2022, 2:53 p.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.
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ZTK-009/Penetration_PoC

None

Assembly Python Shell PHP C++ C Go

Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 8, 2022, 10:20 a.m. This repo has been linked 126 different CVEs too.
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clearbluejar/cve-markdown-charts

A simple tool to create mermaid js markdown charts from CVE IDs and CVE keyword searches.

cve markdown mermaidjs cvrf

Python

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
40 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Feb. 18, 2022, 2:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 46 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-1048 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-1048 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158222/Windows-Print-Spooler-Privilege-Escalation.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158222/Windows-Print-Spooler-Privilege-Escalation.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159217/Microsoft-Spooler-Local-Privilege-Elevation.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159217/Microsoft-Spooler-Local-Privilege-Elevation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-269 CWE-669
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 17, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159217/Microsoft-Spooler-Local-Privilege-Elevation.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 25, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158222/Windows-Print-Spooler-Privilege-Escalation.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 26, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1048 No Types Assigned https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1048 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:itanium:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-1048 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-1048 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.90 }} 0.07%

score

0.83042

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
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