CVE-2020-27977 – Vendor not explicitly explain the vulnerability details, but most likely is fall into this scenario (9th Nov 2020)

Preface: Have you heard a terms, so called take Ownership of his Registry key?

Background: CapaSystems helps businesses achieve greater efficiency through Device Management and Monitoring by using CapaInstaller and PerformanceGuard. The purpose for the CapaInstaller Agent Health Check is to maintain a healthy and up to date agent on every computer/server.

Vulnerability details: A security flaw has been found in CapaInstaller, where a user with standard user privileges logged on to a computer with the CapaInstaller Agent installed could escalate their local user rights. For details, please refer to the link below.

https://capawiki.capasystems.com/display/ci/CapaInstaller+6.0+-+Build+101

How to prevent similar matters happen? The efficient way to block users from opening and editing the Registry on Windows 10 is by using the Local Group Policy editor. You can enable Prevent access to registry editing tools policy.

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