CVE-2020-0787

UNKNOWNKnown Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0787

Remediation deadline: July 28, 2022

Ransomware use: Known

Description

Microsoft Windows BITS is vulnerable to to a privilege elevation vulnerability if it improperly handles symbolic links. An actor can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with system-level privileges.

Timeline

Published:January 28th, 2022 12:00 AM

Last modified:January 28th, 2022 12:00 AM

Added to KEV:January 28th, 2022

CVSS Scoring

No CVSS v3 score available

Affected Software

From NVD CPE configuration data

Vendors

Microsoft

Products

Windows

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269 CWE-59

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

No references available.

Source: CISA KEV + NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute