Access Restriction Bypass Affecting system.management.automation package, versions [6.1.0, 6.1.5) [6.2.0, 6.2.2)


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (9th percentile)
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NVD
4.1 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DOTNET-SYSTEMMANAGEMENTAUTOMATION-451667
  • published 21 Jul 2019
  • disclosed 19 Jul 2019
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade System.Management.Automation to version 6.1.5, 6.2.2 or higher.

Overview

System.Management.Automation is a System Management Automation for PowerShell.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) which could allow an attacker to bypass WDAC enforcement.