CVE-2020-8950 Path traversal in n/a
An attacker can escalate privileges by exploiting a symbolic link vulnerability in the AMD Radeon User Experience Program Launcher service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-8950?
CVE-2020-8950 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8950?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Amd User Experience Program.
How do I fix CVE-2020-8950?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8950 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2020-8950 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8950 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c3mf-3753-8v7f.