Vulnerability · NVD

CVE-2020-16852

HIGH 7.1 Published on 2020-09-11

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.
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.
The update addresses this vulnerability by correcting where the OneDrive updater performs file writes while running with elevation.

Attack vector : Local No user interaction

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

EPSS 0.93% above median percentile 57.5%

Tracked apps referencing this CVE

For each app: the affected range, the fixing version, and where the tracked app stands today.

Microsoft OneDrive Windows winget:Microsoft.OneDrive

Affected — Fixed in — Latest tracked 26.129.0706.0004 undetermined

Vulnerable CPE configurations (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions	CPE 2.3 URI
microsoft	onedrive Windows	Windows	—	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:onedrive:-:::::windows::

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