CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-0683

Published: Feb 11, 2020 | Modified: Oct 29, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when MSI packages process symbolic links, aka Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0686.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Windows_10_1507Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_10_1607Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_10_1709Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_10_1803Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_10_1809Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_10_1903Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_10_1909Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_7Microsoft–sp1 (including)–sp1 (including)
Windows_8.1Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_rt_8.1Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_server_1803Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_server_1903Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_server_1909Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_server_2008Microsoft–sp2 (including)–sp2 (including)
Windows_server_2008Microsoftr2-sp1 (including)r2-sp1 (including)
Windows_server_2012Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_server_2012Microsoftr2 (including)r2 (including)
Windows_server_2016Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_server_2019Microsoft- (including)- (including)

References