CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-16268

8.8 HIGH Published 2020-12-29 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-12-29
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-668, CWE-74

Description

The MSI installer in 1E Client 4.1.0.267 and 5.0.0.745 allows remote authenticated users and local users to gain elevated privileges via the repair option. This applies to installations that have a TRANSFORM (MST) with the option to disable the installation of the Nomad module. An attacker may craft a .reg file in a specific location that will be able to write to any registry key as an elevated user.

Affected configurations

• 1e client 4.1.0.267 • 1e client 5.0.0.745

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere weakness
  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component weakness

References