GHSA-q8m4-8h6c-9669

GHSA-q8m4-8h6c-9669 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Cryptographic Services improperly handles files, aka 'Microsoft Cryptographic Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

9.300000190734863

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Timeline

May 24, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)

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The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-q8m4-8h6c-9669
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-q8m4-8h6c-9669

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-q8m4-8h6c-9669/fixes/registry"

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0620 advisory
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0620 advisory

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