CVE-2020-16877

Published Oct 16, 2020

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows improperly handles reparse points. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could overwrite or delete a targeted file that would normally require elevated permissions.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and overwrite or delete files.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles reparse points.</p>
Source
secure@microsoft.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
7.1
Impact score
5.2
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
3.6
Impact score
4.9
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations