Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
CVE-2020-1467
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could overwrite a targeted file leading to an elevated status. To exploit this vulnerabili…
EPSS: 0.017 (82.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 — versions 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 — versions 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 For 32-bit Systems — versions 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 For Arm64-based Systems — versions 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 For X64-based Systems — versions 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909 — versions 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 2004 — versions 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 7 — versions 6.1.0
- Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1 — versions 6.1.0
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 — versions 6.3.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1467 (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-1467?
- CVE-2020-1467 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2020-08-17.
- How severe is CVE-2020-1467?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-1467 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.