Description


<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>

Related CPE's


o

microsoft

windows_10

3

o

microsoft

windows_server_2016

3

Weaknesses



NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS impact metrics


CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

7.1 · High

  • CVSS V3.1

  • CVSS V3.0

  • CVSS V2.0

Information


Source identifier

[email protected]

Vulnerability status

Modified

Published

2020-10-16T23:15:12.697

4 years ago

Last modified

2023-12-31T20:15:46.670

1 year ago