CVE-2020-0787 (GCVE-0-2020-0787)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-03-12 15:48 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:35
VLAI?
Summary
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) improperly handles symbolic links, aka 'Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CWE
- Elevation of Privilege
Assigner
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| Microsoft | Windows |
Affected:
10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
Affected: 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems Affected: 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems Affected: 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems Affected: 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems Affected: 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems Affected: 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems Affected: 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems Affected: 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems Affected: 10 for 32-bit Systems Affected: 10 for x64-based Systems Affected: 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems Affected: 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems Affected: 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 Affected: 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 Affected: 8.1 for 32-bit systems Affected: 8.1 for x64-based systems Affected: RT 8.1 |
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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