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Windows Defender Antimalware Platform Hard Link Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2020-0835)

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Apr 15, 2020

Added

Nov 14, 2023

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Defender antimalware platform improperly handles hard links, aka 'Windows Defender Antimalware Platform Hard Link Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Solution

windows-defender-upgrade-latest

References

CVE-2020-0835
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-0835
EUVD-EUVD-2020-2307
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-2307
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0835

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