CVE-2020-0683: Microsoft Windows Installer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
· high severity · unattributed attribution
Evidence and provenance
- Original source
- CISA KEV report ↗
- Published
- 2021-11-03T00:00:00Z
- Confidence basis
- No actor match
- Record ID
3a0bf589e6bebfd8e555
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2020-0683
Use and citation
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