CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-15264

7.8 HIGH Published 2020-10-20 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-10-20
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-668, CWE-73

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

Affected configurations

• chocolatey boxstarter (< 2.13.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere weakness
  • CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path weakness

References