CVE-2020-8950
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.99%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.99% probability · 61th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- amd/user experience program
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://heynowyouseeme.blogspot.com/2020/02/another-privilege-escalation-filewrite.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://heynowyouseeme.blogspot.com/2020/02/privilege-escalation-filewrite-eop-in.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://heynowyouseeme.blogspot.com/2020/02/another-privilege-escalation-filewrite.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://heynowyouseeme.blogspot.com/2020/02/privilege-escalation-filewrite-eop-in.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.