Security advisory

{
  "id": "c6c903321f3950fa9f280430f126974a52607d52c302a037c81403612789c8b0",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-15264",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-15264",
    "summary": "The Boxstarter installer before version 2.13.0 configures C:\\ProgramData\\Boxstarter to be in the system-wide PATH environment variable. However, this directory is writable by normal, unprivileged users. To exploit the vulnerability, place a DLL in this directory that a privileged service is looking for. For example, WptsExtensions.dll When Windows starts, it'll execute the code in DllMain() with SYSTEM privileges. Any unprivileged user can execute code with SYSTEM privileges. The issue is fixed in version 3.13.0",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-15264",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-15264",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-15264",
        "GHSA-rpgx-h675-r3jf"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/chocolatey-community/boxstarter",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "8459d49a8d5a049d8936519ccf045706c7b3eb23"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "67e320491813550b48900e87105a34ceefdcf633"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:chocolatey:boxstarter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.13.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "67e320491813550b48900e87105a34ceefdcf633"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v2.12.0",
            "2.12",
            "v2.11.0",
            "v2.10.3",
            "v2.10.0",
            "2.10",
            "v2.9.26",
            "v2.9.24",
            "v2.9.14",
            "v2.9.5",
            "v2.9.3",
            "v2.9.2",
            "v2.9.1",
            "v2.9.0",
            "2.9",
            "v2.8.29",
            "v2.8.27",
            "v2.8.21",
            "v2.8.18",
            "v2.8.12",
            "v2.8.0",
            "2.8",
            "v2.7.0",
            "2.7",
            "v2.6.41",
            "v2.5.10",
            "v2.5.3",
            "v2.5.1",
            "2.5",
            "v2.4.209",
            "v2.4.205",
            "v2.4.196",
            "v2.4.188",
            "v2.4.183",
            "v2.4.180",
            "v2.4.159",
            "v2.4.157",
            "v2.4.152",
            "v2.4.149",
            "v2.4.146",
            "v2.4.128",
            "v2.4.123",
            "v2.4.110",
            "v2.4.93",
            "2.4",
            "2.3",
            "2.2",
            "2.1",
            "2.0",
            "1.1",
            "1.0",
            "0.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-15264.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:54.650575694Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/chocolatey/boxstarter/security/advisories/GHSA-rpgx-h675-r3jf",
        "https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/208577",
        "https://github.com/chocolatey/boxstarter/commit/67e320491813550b48900e87105a34ceefdcf633"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-15264",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383123,
  "published_at": "2020-10-20T21:15:12.633+00:00"
}