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High · 7.1 CVE-2020-16853 EUVD-2020-8811GHSA-3jv8-5f69-qhfw

OneDrive for Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published Sep 11, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by microsoft

Description

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the OneDrive for Windows Desktop application improperly handles symbolic links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could overwrite a targeted file with an elevated status.</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 delete a targeted file with an elevated status.</p>
<p>The update addresses this vulnerability by correcting where the OneDrive updater performs file writes while running with elevation.</p>

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Microsoft OneDrive for Windows < publication publication

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