Security Advisory

CVE-2020-16879

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-09-11 17:08:49
Last updated 2024-10-01 15:57:23
Assigner microsoft
State PUBLISHED

Description

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when a Windows Projected Filesystem improperly handles file redirections. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the users system</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.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Projected Filesystem handle file redirections.</p>