7.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2020-0686

Published: 11/02/2020 Updated: 13/02/2020
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 643
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

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.

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