<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>
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: 2020-09-11T17:08:35
Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:33.215Z
Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-16851
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-09-11T17:15:16.557
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:07:16.220
Link: CVE-2020-16851
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