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FKIE_CVE-2020-16853

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-09-11 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:58

Severity

7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Summary

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.

References

	URL	Tags
	secure@microsoft.com	https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16853	Patch, Vendor Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16853	Patch, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	microsoft	onedrive	-

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    },
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    }
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T02:58:08.810",
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CVE-2020-16853 (GCVE-0-2020-16853)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-09-11 17:08 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:45

Title

OneDrive for Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Summary

Severity

7.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CWE

Denial of Service

Assigner

microsoft mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Microsoft	OneDrive for Windows	Affected: 0 , < publication (custom) cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:onedrive:-:::::windows::

Date Public

2020-09-08 07:00

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