Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) improperly handles symbolic links, aka 'Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Published: 2020-03-12
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 59.3% High
KEV: Yes
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

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Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.54211}

epss

{'score': 0.56591}


Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.57305}

epss

{'score': 0.54211}


Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2022-01-28'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows 10 1507 Windows 10 1607 Windows 10 1709 Windows 10 1803 Windows 10 1809 Windows 10 1903 Windows 10 1909 Windows 7 Windows 8.1 Windows Rt 8.1 Windows Server 1803 Windows Server 1903 Windows Server 1909 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:35:48.780Z

Reserved: 2019-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-0787

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T06:11:05.930Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-03-12T16:15:15.203

Modified: 2025-10-29T14:27:17.490

Link: CVE-2020-0787

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