CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-0686

7.8 HIGH Published 2020-02-11 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-02-11
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-269

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when MSI packages process symbolic links, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0683.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 10 • microsoft windows 10 1607 • microsoft windows 10 1709 • microsoft windows 10 1803 • microsoft windows 10 1809 • microsoft windows 10 1903 • microsoft windows 10 1909 • microsoft windows 7 • microsoft windows 8.1 • microsoft windows rt 8.1 • microsoft windows server 2008 • microsoft windows server 2008 r2 • microsoft windows server 2012 • microsoft windows server 2012 r2 • microsoft windows server 2016 • microsoft windows server 2016 1803 • microsoft windows server 2016 1903 • microsoft windows server 2016 1909 • microsoft windows server 2019

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References