CVE-2020-0787

KEV
Ransomware

Microsoft Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

Details

CISA date: 2022-01-28
Affected versions: Windows
Summary: Microsoft Windows BITS is vulnerable to to a privilege elevation vulnerability if it improperly handles symbolic links. An actor can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with system-level privileges.
Remediation: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Exploit info: No exploit-tagged NVD references in our cache; see the CISA KEV link below.

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