CVE-2020-0787

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEU KEV · CNWEPSS 0.425 · 99 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 3 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

42.5% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

87 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu

added 2022-01-28remediate by 2022-07-28

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EU KEVflagged by CNWreported 2025-01-23patched 2020-03-10ransomware

Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Microsoft Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) improperly handles symbolic links, aka 'Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimaryCWE-264USCWE-269US

ATT&CK techniques

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/windows/local/cve_2020_0787_bits_arbitrary_file_moveBackground Intelligent Transfer Service Arbitrary File Move Privilege Elevation Vulnerabilityweaponized · metasploit
cbwang505/CVE-2020-0787-EXP-ALL-WINDOWS-VERSIONSupport ALL Windows VersionPoC · poc_in_github
yanghaoi/CVE-2020-0787CVE-2020-0787的简单回显PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (87)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft Windows≤ 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 8.1 for 32-bit systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ RT 8.1enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 8.1 for x64-based systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows≤ 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems≤ unspecifiedenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems≤ unspecifiedenisa_euvdEU

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-03-12modified 2026-08-12

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references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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