Bug 1851857 (CVE-2020-1066)

Summary:	CVE-2020-1066 .NET: local elevation of privilege
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	msiddiqu
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	andrew.slice, bodavis, dbhole, kanderso, omajid, rwagner
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Description msiddiqu 2020-06-29 09:17:25 UTC

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in .NET Framework which could allow an attacker to elevate their privilege level.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to access the local machine, and then run a malicious program.The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how .NET Framework activates COM objects., aka '.NET Framework Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

References:

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1066

Comment 1 msiddiqu 2020-06-29 09:18:07 UTC

External References:

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1066

Comment 2 Stefan Cornelius 2020-06-29 14:24:04 UTC

Statement:

This only affects the .NET Framework and not .NET Core.