CVE-2020-16877Improper Privilege Management in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 FOR 32-bit Systems

Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 40.63%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 16
Latest updateMay 24

Description

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. 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. The security update addresses the

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages8 packages

CVEListV5microsoft/windows_10_version_190910.0.0publication
CVEListV5microsoft/windows_10_version_200410.0.0publication

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-m26m-f94h-984c: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows improperly handles reparse points, aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabi2022-05-24
CVEList
Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2020-10-16

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2020-10-13
CVE-2020-16877 — Improper Privilege Management | cvebase