vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-0799: Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Mar 10, 2020 | Mar 10, 2020 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 10, 2020
Added
Mar 10, 2020
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
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'.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4540693microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4540670microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4540681microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4540689microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4538461microsoft-windows-windows_10-1903-kb4540673microsoft-windows-windows_10-1909-kb4540673microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4540694microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4541505microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4540670microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4538461msft-kb4540673-27a7325b-a765-4956-ab15-a19091b61221msft-kb4540673-c13c3539-3ef4-481b-a305-d44fe74d2165msft-kb4540694-24482d48-0407-4e23-b911-d5e04acb91e5msft-kb4540694-c214d214-86c0-44d2-a9fe-1078a963bff4msft-kb4541505-823cc33f-f5a7-46f1-b525-2d93e9833273msft-kb4541505-e9e0fe16-c0c8-4a45-8696-f1746572cf0c
References
- CVE-2020-0799
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-0799
- CWE-269
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4538461
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4540670
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4540673
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4540681
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4540689
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4540693
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4540694
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4541505
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