<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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2020-09-11T17:08:36

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:34.497Z

Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-16853

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-11T17:15:16.700

Modified: 2023-12-31T22:15:49.723

Link: CVE-2020-16853

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