CVE-2020-0951

Windows Defender Application Control Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Medium · published September 11, 2020

CVSS v3.1
6.7
EPSS
7%
Percentile
93.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

<p>A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) which could allow an attacker to bypass WDAC enforcement. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute PowerShell commands that would be blocked by WDAC.</p>

<p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker need administrator access on a local machine where PowerShell is running. The attacker could then connect to a PowerShell session and send commands to execute arbitrary code.</p>

<p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how PowerShell commands are validated when WDAC protection is enabled.</p>

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.7 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.06575 · 93.8th percentile
Published
2020-09-11T17:08Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 SEP 17:08Z
    Windows Defender Application Control Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
    cvelistv5