What is CVE-2020-0935?

CVE-2020-0935 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Onedrive, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-04-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-0935?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Microsoft Onedrive

CVE-2020-0935

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the OneDrive for Windows Desktop application improperly handles symbolic links, aka 'OneDrive for Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2020-04-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Microsoft Onedrive
Microsoft Onedrive For Windows — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0935 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-0935?: CVE-2020-0935 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Onedrive, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-0935?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.