CVE-2020-16879 — Improper 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
Affected products
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
Affected Packages26 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
1GHSA▶
GHSA-32xq-w4g5-fj4x: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when a Windows Projected Filesystem improperly handles file redirections, aka 'Projected Filesystem Inf↗2022-05-24