Vulnerability CVE-2020-0635
Published: 2020-01-14   Modified: 2020-01-15

Description:
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when Windows fails to properly handle certain symbolic links, aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0644.

Type:

CWE-269

 (Improper Privilege Management)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> Windows 10 
Microsoft -> Windows 7 
Microsoft -> Windows 8.1 
Microsoft -> Windows rt 8.1 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2008 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2012 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2016 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2019 

 References:
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0635
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-143/
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