VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-8950

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.00%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-02-12
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The AUEPLauncher service in Radeon AMD User Experience Program Launcher through 1.0.0.1 on Windows allows elevation of privilege by placing a crafted file in %PROGRAMDATA%\AMD\PPC\upload and then creating a symbolic link in %PROGRAMDATA%\AMD\PPC\temp that points to an arbitrary folder with an arbitrary file name.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Primary references