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CVE-2020-0787

is CVE-2020-0787real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community ground truth.

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High · CVSS 7.8EPSS 42.5%CISA KEVCWE-59

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) improperly handles symbolic links, aka 'Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

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Community real-world severity: Critical (Critical 3) — CVSS base score 7.8

Practitioners rate this higher than its CVSS — treat with extra caution.

Field notes & remediation

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    Field note · Priya NairCurated

    Microsoft Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability — Microsoft Windows BITS is vulnerable to to a privilege elevation vulnerability if it improperly handles symbolic links. An actor can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with system-level privileges. Listed in the CISA KEV catalog (added 2022-01-28) — confirmed exploited in the wild, not theoretical. It is linked to known ransomware campaigns. FIRST EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at ~43%. Treat it as real and prioritize remediation over triage.

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    Remediation · Diego RamírezCurated

    Required action for Microsoft Windows: Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA set a federal remediation due date of 2022-07-28. After patching, verify the vulnerable path is no longer reachable before closing the finding.

Related CVEs

Same weakness — CWE-59.