CVE-2020-16851

Summary

<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>

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• Denial of Service

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16851

References

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16851

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