CVE-2020-16852

HighCVSS 7.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the OneDrive for Windows Desktop application improperly handles symbolic links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could overwrite a targeted file with an elevated status.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and delete a targeted file with an elevated status.</p> <p>The update addresses this vulnerability by correcting where the OneDrive updater performs file writes while running with elevation.</p>

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 11, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2020-16852: High severity, CVSS 7.1 | Vulnix