CVE-2020-0686
published 2020-02-11CVE-2020-0686: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when MSI packages process symbolic links, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege…
PriorityP337high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.96%
58.0th percentile
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when MSI packages process symbolic links, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0683.
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CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
vendor_msrc7.0HIGH
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Microsoft
Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
vendor_msrc·2020-02-11·CVSS 7.0
CVE-2020-0686 [HIGH] Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Description: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when MSI packages process symbolic links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass access restrictions to add or remove files.
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 add or remove files.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how reparse points are handled by the Windows Installer.
Windows Installer: Windows Installer
Microsoft: Microsoft
Impact: Elevation of Privilege
Exploit Status: Publicly Disclosed:Yes;Exploited:No;Latest Software Release:Exploitat
GHSA
GHSA-h9c6-h3q2-gq6x: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when MSI packages process symbolic links, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2020-0683 [HIGH] CWE-269 GHSA-h9c6-h3q2-gq6x: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when MSI packages process symbolic links, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when MSI packages process symbolic links, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0686.
GHSA
GHSA-8jhh-cxcx-frp9: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when MSI packages process symbolic links, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2020-0686 [HIGH] GHSA-8jhh-cxcx-frp9: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when MSI packages process symbolic links, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when MSI packages process symbolic links, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0683.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Tenable
Microsoft’s February 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 99 CVEs Including Internet Explorer Zero-Day (CVE-2020-0674)
blogs_tenable·2020-02-11·CVSS 7.5
[HIGH] Microsoft’s February 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 99 CVEs Including Internet Explorer Zero-Day (CVE-2020-0674)
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Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday — Feb. 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage
blogs_talos·2020-02-11·CVSS 8.8
[HIGH] Microsoft Patch Tuesday — Feb. 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage
By Jon Munshaw.
Microsoft released its monthly security update today, disclosing vulnerabilities across many of its products and releasing corresponding updates. This month's Patch Tuesday covers 98 vulnerabilities, 12 of which are considered critical and 84 that are considered important. There are also two bugs that were not assigned a severity.
This month's patches include updates to the Windows kernel, the Windows scripting engine and Remote Desktop Procol, among other software and features. Microsoft also provided a critical advisory covering updates to Adobe Flash Player.
Talos released a new set of SNORTⓇ rules today that provide coverage for some of these vulnerabilities, which you can see here.
### Critical vulnerabilities Microsoft disclosed 12 critical vulnerabilities this mo
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday — Feb. 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage
blogs_talos·2020-02-11·CVSS 7.5
[HIGH] Microsoft Patch Tuesday — Feb. 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage
## Microsoft Patch Tuesday — Feb. 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage
By Jon Munshaw.
Microsoft released its monthly security update today, disclosing vulnerabilities across many of its products and releasing corresponding updates. This month's Patch Tuesday covers 98 vulnerabilities, 12 of which are considered critical and 84 that are considered important. There are also two bugs that were not assigned a severity.
This month's patches include updates to the Windows kernel, the Windows scripting engine and Remote Desktop Procol, among other software and features. Microsoft also provided a critical advisory covering updates to Adobe Flash Player.
Talos released a new set of SNORTⓇ rules today that provide coverage for some of these vulnerabilities, which you can see here
2020-02-11
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