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Microsoft CVE-2020-0635: Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft CVE-2020-0635: Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/14/2020
Created
01/15/2020
Added
01/14/2020
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when Windows fails to properly handle certain symbolic links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially set certain items to run at a higher level and thereby elevate permissions. 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 take control of an affected system. The update addresses this vulnerability by correcting how the Windows handles symbolic links.

Solution(s)

  • msft-kb4528760-0765cf38-e093-4e0a-87e8-aee7cc24862f
  • msft-kb4528760-19558abd-f6b7-4b01-880a-e1ef9790a793
  • msft-kb4528760-4703ad6d-3338-4e64-8439-c158cb882d76
  • msft-kb4528760-593cc274-62ca-47f3-ba01-c11d486bd1a9
  • msft-kb4528760-8fc18280-6925-4bd4-91c1-9c0f69b91e2e
  • msft-kb4528760-c139f586-b22d-4e85-a769-47af7820a792
  • msft-kb4534271-46de78a6-89c2-4adc-a827-d55e913ca853
  • msft-kb4534271-5778b2b9-7a93-4e8d-962f-ba6868611cd6
  • msft-kb4534271-94964c8f-2416-449c-a80e-207c0399ac6d
  • msft-kb4534273-1fc77237-e468-44bc-8e45-6e9c71db435f
  • msft-kb4534273-21037827-2824-4ffc-b51a-e9529f95add9
  • msft-kb4534273-6d10f5d9-bc82-4742-8ce3-6589ecdae601
  • msft-kb4534276-4324ac04-5bcf-4bf7-a79e-c68ced90d0e4
  • msft-kb4534276-a84fe9a9-c446-447d-8830-7dc36dbf31e1
  • msft-kb4534288-60fdd399-c642-49bd-8045-bcc30dc79d24
  • msft-kb4534288-8ff25beb-1a46-416e-84c9-6a73282c8d93
  • msft-kb4534288-d5cd7234-5b00-4787-9f04-57bbffba3f63
  • msft-kb4534293-0ced42ab-867a-446a-855a-94e08338eee0
  • msft-kb4534293-1ea91d13-ca0b-4fba-9d4c-a453eb7db8fe
  • msft-kb4534293-cfac930f-4c55-4444-acbb-66f6812d4b2a
  • msft-kb4534306-54c34017-623d-43f3-9191-ff2746036ea7
  • msft-kb4534306-6aa03ae1-4902-47f6-9d4c-eb6cbc3cc413
  • msft-kb4534309-2ef7ef9a-c4eb-4924-8cb3-f3bbe13a9d50
  • msft-kb4534309-62ef4743-59c1-442d-8ce7-2cb177a48ec8
  • msft-kb4534309-accdac07-3c05-4a81-9353-910e6f292023
  • msft-kb4534312-016dd229-029e-43f0-a78b-32fb22ebdf4b
  • msft-kb4534312-118d15f4-f255-4ab3-9310-7807f39cd2a4
  • msft-kb4534312-482bd4d2-8c58-4c27-9c8d-0532dfc96025
  • msft-kb4534314-09b81893-b7a1-47cb-8ab7-fd5d97b6ce0b
  • msft-kb4534314-23f9859b-700a-4c52-9c9b-7936f5fb244c
  • msft-kb4534314-41c03141-148c-49ac-a37e-62501ee036b2
  • msft-kb4534314-960e7ac2-a649-4648-8079-192bebcf1c98
  • msft-kb4534314-9866fb4d-a1bb-4d5c-ab2d-a19c9b1596cc
  • msft-kb4534314-991e3b2c-837d-40d7-b669-ab86440496b4

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