What is CVE-2020-0785?
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows User Profile Service (ProfSvc) improperly handles symlinks, aka 'Windows User Profile Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
10 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 2421 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52.3% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 2.1/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2020-03-12, last modified 2024-08-04
Is CVE-2020-0785 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 18 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- Microsoft: Windows, Windows Server, Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation), Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
How to fix CVE-2020-0785
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2020-0785 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2020-0785
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2020-0785, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .