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CVE-2020-1133

Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published: Sep 11, 2020Updated: Feb 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD MITRE
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.0%
Top 42.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.</p> <p>An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector handles file operations.</p>

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

visual studiomicrosoft
On-premDesktop App
DevTools & CI / ide-editor
visual studio 2017microsoft
On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ide-editor
visual studio 2019microsoft
On-premDesktop App
Operating Systems
windows 10microsoft
On-premOS
Operating Systems / windows
windows server 2016microsoft
On-premOS
Operating Systems / windows
microsoftcommercialUSOperating Systems
and 42 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1133
portal.msrc.microsoft.com
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1133&#13;
portal.msrc.microsoft.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1133
nvd.nist.gov

Timeline

Published
Sep 11, 2020
Last Updated
Feb 23, 2026

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