CVE-2020-8950
AMD Radeon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Description
The AUEPLauncher service in Radeon AMD User Experience Program Launcher through 1.0.0.1 on Windows allows elevation of privilege by placing a crafted file in %PROGRAMDATA%\AMD\PPC\upload and then creating a symbolic link in %PROGRAMDATA%\AMD\PPC\temp that points to an arbitrary folder with an arbitrary file name.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 12, 2020, 8:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 19, 2020, 7:28 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2020-8950 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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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-2020-8950.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://heynowyouseeme.blogspot.com/2020/02/another-privilege-escalation-filewrite.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://heynowyouseeme.blogspot.com/2020/02/privilege-escalation-filewrite-eop-in.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
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CVE-2020-8950 AMD User Experience Program Launcher from Radeon Software Privilege Escalation ( FileWrite eop)
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2020-8950 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2020-8950 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.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 19, 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://heynowyouseeme.blogspot.com/2020/02/another-privilege-escalation-filewrite.html No Types Assigned https://heynowyouseeme.blogspot.com/2020/02/another-privilege-escalation-filewrite.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://heynowyouseeme.blogspot.com/2020/02/privilege-escalation-filewrite-eop-in.html No Types Assigned https://heynowyouseeme.blogspot.com/2020/02/privilege-escalation-filewrite-eop-in.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-59 Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:amd:user_experience_program:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.0.0.1 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-8950 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-2020-8950
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.05 }} 0.00%
score
0.14745
percentile