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CVE-2020-15264

Published: Oct 20, 2020

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.0

HIGH

Description

The Boxstarter installer before version 2.13.0 configures C:\ProgramData\Boxstarter to be in the system-wide PATH environment variable. However, this directory is writable by normal, unprivileged users. To exploit the vulnerability, place a DLL in this directory that a privileged service is looking for. For example, WptsExtensions.dll When Windows starts, it'll execute the code in DllMain() with SYSTEM privileges. Any unprivileged user can execute code with SYSTEM privileges. The issue is fixed in version 3.13.0

Vendor	Product	Versions
chocolatey	boxstarter	affected `< 2.13.0`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

https://github.com/chocolatey/boxstarter/security/advisories/GHSA-rpgx-h675-r3jf

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://github.com/chocolatey/boxstarter/commit/67e320491813550b48900e87105a34ceefdcf633

x_refsource_MISC

third-party-advisory

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