CVE-2020-0799
HIGHWindows 10 - Elevation of Privilege via Symbolic Link Parsing
Title source: llmDescription
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle parsing of certain symbolic links, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0799
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0083
EPSS Percentile
53.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (17)
microsoft/windows_10
microsoft/windows_10
1607
microsoft/windows_10
1709
microsoft/windows_10
1803
microsoft/windows_10
1809
microsoft/windows_10
1903
microsoft/windows_10
1909
microsoft/windows_7
microsoft/windows_8.1
microsoft/windows_rt_8.1
... and 7 more
Published
Mar 12, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026