Vulnerability Details CVE-2020-16877
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles reparse points.</p>
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.005
EPSS Ranking 65.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.1
CVSS v2 Score 3.6
References
Products affected by CVE-2020-16877
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1909
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:2004