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CVE-2020-16851

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Published: Sep 11, 2020Modified: Feb 23, 2026

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7.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.2
Source: NVD (Secondary)

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 (1)

Products: Microsoft: Onedrive
1 product
Onedrive
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
All versions

References (2)

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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