7.8
HIGH
CVE-2020-10551
QQBrowser Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

QQBrowser before 10.5.3870.400 installs a Windows service TsService.exe. This file is writable by anyone belonging to the NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users group, which includes all local and remote users. This can be abused by local attackers to escalate privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM by writing a malicious executable to the location of TsService.

INFO

Published Date :

April 9, 2020, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 21, 2021, 11:39 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-10551 has a 3 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-2020-10551 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 Tencent qqbrowser
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-2020-10551.

URL Resource
https://github.com/seqred-s-a/CVE-2020-10551 Third Party Advisory
https://seqred.pl/en/cve-2020-10551-privilege-escalation-in-qqbrowser/ Third Party 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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SCSS HTML JavaScript

Updated: 1 year, 5 months ago
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Born at : April 17, 2023, 2:45 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

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Updated: 3 months 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.

Privilege escalation in QQBrowser

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PowerShell

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
1 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : April 8, 2020, 2:46 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-10551 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
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-269 CWE-732
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 10, 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://github.com/seqred-s-a/CVE-2020-10551 No Types Assigned https://github.com/seqred-s-a/CVE-2020-10551 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://seqred.pl/en/cve-2020-10551-privilege-escalation-in-qqbrowser/ No Types Assigned https://seqred.pl/en/cve-2020-10551-privilege-escalation-in-qqbrowser/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tencent:qqbrowser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.5.3870.400
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.
Exploit Prediction

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

0.08 }} -0.00%

score

0.31860

percentile

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