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CVE-2020-0683

Severity

high · on CISA KEV actively exploited

Source

CISA-KEV · kev

Published

2021-11-03

Reference

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0683

⌖ exploited in the wild shame 50/100 exploited-in-wild

Microsoft Windows Installer contains a privilege escalation vulnerability when MSI packages process symbolic links, which allows attackers to bypass access restrictions to add or remove files.

Players implicated

Microsoft · vendor windows · product

Description

Microsoft Windows Installer contains a privilege escalation vulnerability when MSI packages process symbolic links, which allows attackers to bypass access restrictions to add or remove files.

Affected FedRAMP products 4 in the catalog

Product	Provider	Status	Match
Azure Commercial Cloud	Microsoft	Authorized	vendor-exact · 0.90
Azure Government (includes Dynamics 365)	Microsoft	Authorized	vendor-exact · 0.90
Microsoft Office 365 GCC High	Microsoft	In Process	vendor-exact · 0.90
Office 365 Multi-Tenant & Supporting Services	Microsoft	Authorized	vendor-exact · 0.90