Unrated severityCISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Mar 12, 2020· Updated Oct 21, 2025

CVE-2020-0787

Description

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'.

Affected products

Microsoft/Windowsv5
Range: 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systemsv5
Range: unspecified
Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systemsv5
Range: unspecified
Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systemsv5
Range: unspecified
Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systemsv5
Range: unspecified
Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systemsv5
Range: unspecified
Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systemsv5
Range: unspecified
Microsoft/Windows Serverv5
Range: version 1803 (Core Installation)
Microsoft/Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)v5
Range: unspecified
Microsoft/Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)v5
Range: unspecified

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/158056/Background-Intelligent-Transfer-Service-Privilege-Escalation.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0787mitrex_refsource_MISC

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