CVE-2020-16851
lowpriority · track · 14EPSS 0.010 · 62 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>The update addresses this vulnerability by correcting where the OneDrive updater performs file writes while running with elevation.</p>
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.1–7.1
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affected products (3)
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references (7)
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/49857cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16851cnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16851cnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidancePatchcnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/zh-CN/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16851cnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16851enisa_euvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16851PatchVendor Advisorynvd
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