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CVE-2020-16879

Projected Filesystem Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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Not listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when a Windows Projected Filesystem improperly handles file redirections. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user's system</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.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Projected Filesystem handle file redirections.</p>

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 2004

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server version 2004

    From 10.0.0

References 1

portal.msrc.microsoft.com