High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 15, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-0835

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Defender antimalware platform improperly handles hard links, aka 'Windows Defender Antimalware Platform Hard Link Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Affected products

Microsoft/Defender Antimalware Platformcpe-rescue
Range: unspecified
Microsoft/Windows Defenderllm-fuzzy2 versions
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- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0835nvdPatchVendor Advisory

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