CVE-2020-16851 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

71%

Complexity

18%

Confidentiality

86%

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the OneDrive for Windows Desktop application improperly handles symbolic links, aka 'OneDrive for Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-16852, CVE-2020-16853.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 4 years ago

2020-09-11 17:15:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-09-14 14:12:00

Affected Software

Microsoft OneDrive for Windows

windows

References

N/A

N/A

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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