CVE-2020-1467
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.035 · 89 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could overwrite a targeted file leading to 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 take control of an affected system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles hard links.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.1–10
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affected products (65)
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references (7)
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/48498cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1467cnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1467cnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/zh-CN/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1467cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Microsoft-Windows-vulnerabilities-of-August-2020-33057cnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1467enisa_euvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1467PatchVendor Advisorynvd
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