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

Added Jan. 28, 2022 • Due July 28, 2022 • CVE-2020-0787

Overdue Microsoft / Windows Known Ransomware Use CWE-269 CWE-59

Description

Microsoft Windows BITS is vulnerable to to a privilege elevation vulnerability if it improperly handles symbolic links. An actor can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with system-level privileges.

Required Action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0787

Additional Information

Catalog Version: 2025.01.24
Catalog Released: Jan. 24, 2025
Days Until Due: 0 days
Last Updated: 6 months ago