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CVE-2020-0787

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

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.

Recommended action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA remediation due date for U.S. federal agencies: 28 Jul 2022.

Collected automatically from public sources. Verify affected versions and fixes in the vendor's notice before acting.