7.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2020-16975

Published: 16/10/2020 Updated: 31/12/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.6 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 409
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Service improperly handles file operations.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Backup Service handles file operations.</p>

Vulnerability Trend

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microsoft windows server 2008 r2

microsoft windows 10 1607

microsoft windows server 2016 -

microsoft windows 7 -

microsoft windows 10 -

microsoft windows 10 1709

microsoft windows 10 1803

microsoft windows server 2019 -

microsoft windows 10 1809

microsoft windows server 2016 1903

microsoft windows 10 1903

microsoft windows server 2016 1909

microsoft windows 10 1909

microsoft windows 10 2004

microsoft windows server 2016 2004