CVE-2020-0787

high-risk
Published 2020-03-12

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) improperly handles symbolic links, aka 'Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Do I need to act?

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59.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 40% of all CVEs
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (19)

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (5)

Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158056/Background-Intelligent-Transfer-Serv...
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0787
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158056/Background-Intelligent-Transfer-Serv...
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0787
US Government Resource https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-...
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high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 25/34 · High
Exposure 19/34 · Moderate