CVE-2020-16976 Information

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Service improperly handles file operations.To exploit this vulnerability an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system aka ‘Windows Backup Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability’. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-16912 CVE-2020-16936 CVE-2020-16972 CVE-2020-16973 CVE-2020-16974 CVE-2020-16975.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16976

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8