VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2020-0683

unknown KEV
Published 2021-11-03 · Modified 2021-11-03
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
1.5

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.

CISA KEV

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows
Due date
2022-05-03

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cisa-kev — https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0683

Exploits

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.