CVE-2020-0787

KEV · Ransomware

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

Vendor / Project: Microsoft
Product: Windows
Date added: Jan 28, 2022
Due date: Jul 28, 2022
Known ransomware use: Known
CWEs: CWE-269, CWE-59

Description

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.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0787