CVE-2020-8950

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

El servicio AUEPLauncher en Radeon AMD User Experience Program Launcher versiones hasta 1.0.0.1, en Windows permite la elevación de privilegios mediante la colocación de un archivo diseñado en %PROGRAMDATA%\AMD\PPC\upload y luego crear un enlace simbólico en %PROGRAMDATA%\AMD\PPC\temp que apunta hacia una carpeta arbitraria con un nombre de archivo arbitrario.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-02-12 CVE Reserved
2020-02-12 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-04 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://heynowyouseeme.blogspot.com/2020/02/another-privilege-escalation-filewrite.html	2024-08-04
https://heynowyouseeme.blogspot.com/2020/02/privilege-escalation-filewrite-eop-in.html	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Amd Search vendor "Amd"	User Experience Program Search vendor "Amd" for product "User Experience Program"	<= 1.0.0.1 Search vendor "Amd" for product "User Experience Program" and version " <= 1.0.0.1"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe