CVE-2020-8950 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://heynowyouseeme.blogspot.com/2020/02/another-privilege-escalation-filewrite.html https://heynowyouseeme.blogspot.com/2020/02/privilege-escalation-filewrite-eop-in.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8