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CVE-2020-0787

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

Published
2022-01-28
Modified
2026-07-31
Sources
cisa-kev

Summary

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.

References

Includes data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

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