CVE-2020-1255

high-risk
Published 2020-06-09

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

Do I need to act?

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17.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 83% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (2)

Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1255
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1255
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 13/34 · Low
Exposure 20/34 · Moderate