vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-16972: Windows Backup Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Oct 13, 2020 | Oct 13, 2020 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 13, 2020
Added
Oct 13, 2020
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Service improperly handles file operations.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Backup Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-16912, CVE-2020-16936, CVE-2020-16973, CVE-2020-16974, CVE-2020-16975, CVE-2020-16976.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4580327microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4580346microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4580328microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4580330microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4577668microsoft-windows-windows_10-1903-kb4577671microsoft-windows-windows_10-1909-kb4577671microsoft-windows-windows_10-2004-kb4579311microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4580346microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4577668msft-kb4577671-c42dc613-fb5b-4c45-925c-4f508584a635msft-kb4577671-ddbf4c81-6ca7-4986-999e-9275ef508017msft-kb4579311-e9f0550d-b150-4eeb-bf5e-1a08b117e7afmsft-kb4580387-08d6fc97-597d-4b5b-8422-f4b57817b1c1msft-kb4580387-1473a3e5-0aa3-43a1-b213-cf3151e2c15emsft-kb4580387-5cef288f-a4e4-4cb7-86e0-ef3c89b43cedmsft-kb4580387-e92e01a4-761c-41f6-a9f6-5853bb7885c9msft-kb4580387-fc890b9e-e1d1-43af-b7f8-d42201cd24aa
References
- CVE-2020-16972
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-16972
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4577668
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4577671
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4579311
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4580327
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4580328
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4580330
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4580346
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