Presumably this is like many other graphics tool vulnerabilities this works by the attacker persuading a user to open a file that exercises the bug. Not terribly unusual.
yread•22m ago
I don't think so:
> User Interaction: None
> Out-of-bounds read in Windows Paint allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
criddell•8m ago
> An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted packet to an affected service over the network.
What server is MS Paint running?
stygiansonic•5m ago
When they find a CVE RCE in minesweeper then you know it’s all over
tosti•30m ago
Code execution, sure, paint has been used to write executable code too, so why not.
But remote? How
VorpalWay•20m ago
I'm thankfully out of the loop on Windows these days, but as I remember it Paint did not have any network features? Is that still true? If if is, maybe it is a misfiling of the CVE and it isn't remote?
Or are they chaining a browser auto opening a download in paint, (but browsers shouldn't do that)...
kuboble•11m ago
These days paint has copilot...
robotnikman•6m ago
This is the only network feature paint has iirc, so that's probably it.
gregschlom•20m ago
"An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted packet to an affected service over the network. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to execute code on the target system. No authentication or user interaction is required.."
Still, the question remains... How?
IanCal•13m ago
It mentions that it may rely on other services or security measures running- I wonder if there’s something like this hitting a firewall or av and then that calling out to paint to check file type or size out something like that?
layer8•10m ago
Fixed in version 11.2609.401.0.
Den_VR•10m ago
The direct implication is that current generations of ms paint are a “service over the network.” Probably a theoretically possible RPC end point of svchost.exe
falcor84•33m ago
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-20...
dboreham•29m ago
yread•22m ago
> User Interaction: None
> Out-of-bounds read in Windows Paint allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
criddell•8m ago
What server is MS Paint running?
stygiansonic•5m ago