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Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Change History

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16886

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in the PowerShellGet V2 module, aka 'PowerShellGet Module WDAC Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'.

<p>A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in the PowerShellGet V2 module. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass WDAC (Windows Defender Application Control) policy and execute arbitrary code on a policy locked-down machine.</p>
<p>An attacker must have administrator privileges to create a configuration that includes installing PowerShellGet V2 module onto a machine from the PowerShell Gallery. The WDAC policy must be configured to allow the module to run. 

Microsoft Corporation AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo

OR
     *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powershellget:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16886 No Types Assigned

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16886 Patch, Vendor Advisory