Description
<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Windows Mobile Device Management (MDM) Diagnostics improperly handles junctions. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass access restrictions to read files.</p>
<p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and access files.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the how Windows MDM Diagnostics handles files.</p>
Published: 2020-09-11
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-2455 <p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Windows Mobile Device Management (MDM) Diagnostics improperly handles junctions. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass access restrictions to read files.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and access files.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the how Windows MDM Diagnostics handles files.</p>
History

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description <p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Windows Mobile Device Management (MDM) Diagnostics improperly handles junctions. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass access restrictions to read files.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and access files.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the how Windows MDM Diagnostics handles files.</p> <p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Windows Mobile Device Management (MDM) Diagnostics improperly handles junctions. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass access restrictions to read files.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and access files.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the how Windows MDM Diagnostics handles files.</p>

Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows 10 Windows 10 1803 Windows 10 1809 Windows 10 1909 Windows Server 1903 Windows Server 1909 Windows Server 2004 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T06:18:03.633Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-0989

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-11T17:15:15.090

Modified: 2026-02-23T17:19:09.100

Link: CVE-2020-0989

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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