CVE-2020-0665 Privilege escalation in Windows
Attackers in a trusting forest can request delegation of a TGT from a trusted forest, leading to privilege escalation in Active Directory environments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-0665?
CVE-2020-0665 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, published on 11 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Active Directory Forest trusts due to a default setting that lets an attacker in the trusting forest request delegation of a TGT for an identity from the trusted forest, aka 'Active Directory Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-0665?
It affects 8 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-0665?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-0665 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-0665 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-0665 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-w5g8-rp5c-h35j.