CVE-2020-0683 — Microsoft Windows Installer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2020-0683

CVE-2020-0683: Microsoft Windows Installer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)


Vendor / project	Microsoft
Product	Windows
Date added	2021-11-03
Due date	2022-05-03
Ransomware campaign use	Unknown

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.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

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

References

NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0683
KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog