CVE-2020-0841

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles hard links, aka 'Windows Hard Link Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0840, CVE-2020-0849, CVE-2020-0896.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Modified - secure@microsoft.com

Published

2020-03-12

Last modified

2024-08-04

Affected products

• Version 1903 Server Core Installation (Microsoft)
• Version 1909 Server Core Installation (Microsoft)
• Windows (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 Version 1903 For 32-bit Systems (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 Version 1903 For Arm64-based Systems (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 Version 1903 For X64-based Systems (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 Version 1909 For 32-bit Systems (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 Version 1909 For Arm64-based Systems (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 Version 1909 For X64-based Systems (Microsoft)
• Windows Server (Microsoft)
• Windows Server 2016 (Microsoft)
• Windows Server 2019 (Microsoft)

References

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0841