Symbolic Link Parsing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows

Symbolic Link Parsing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2020-0799 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle parsing of certain symbolic links, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

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