CVE-2020-16879Improper Input Validation in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 27.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 11
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when a Windows Projected Filesystem improperly handles file redirections. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user's system 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. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-32xq-w4g5-fj4x: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when a Windows Projected Filesystem improperly handles file redirections, aka 'Projected Filesystem Inf2022-05-24

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Projected Filesystem Information Disclosure Vulnerability2020-09-08
CVE-2020-16879 — Improper Input Validation in Microsoft | cvebase