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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.7 Medium

CVE-2020-0951

Windows Defender Application Control Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Description

<p>A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) which could allow an attacker to bypass WDAC enforcement. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute PowerShell commands that would be blocked by WDAC.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker need administrator access on a local machine where PowerShell is running. The attacker could then connect to a PowerShell session and send commands to execute arbitrary code.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how PowerShell commands are validated when WDAC protection is enabled.</p>

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2019

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 2004

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server version 2004

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2016

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft PowerShell 7.0

  • 7.0.0 to < 7.0.8affected

Microsoft PowerShell 7.1

  • 7.1.0 to < 7.1.5affected

References