Microsoft Windows Installer CVE-2020-0779 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

description-logoDescription

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when MSI packages process symbolic links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass access restrictions to add or remove files. 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 add or remove files. The security update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how reparse points are handled by the Windows Installer.

affected-products-logoAffected Applications

Windows RT 8.1
Windows Server version 1903 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
Windows Server 2012
Windows 8
Windows 7
Windows 10
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server version 1909 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2019

CVE References

CVE-2020-0779