CVE-2020-1467 — Windows Hard Link Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could overwrite a targeted f…
Published: 2020-08-17 · CVSS: 10.0 · CVSS 3.1
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could overwrite a targeted file leading to an elevated status. 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 take control of an affected system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles hard links.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7