Security Advisory

CVE-2020-1467

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-08-17 19:13:04
Last updated 2024-08-04 06:39:09
Assigner microsoft
State PUBLISHED

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could overwrite a targeted file leading to an elevated status. 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 take control of an affected system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles hard links.