Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 9, 2020· Updated Aug 28, 2025
Windows Backup Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2020-16960
Description
Windows Backup Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Affected products
22- Range: 10.0.10240.0
- Range: 10.0.14393.0
- Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1803v5Range: 10.0.0
- Range: 10.0.0
- Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systemsv5Range: 10.0.0
- Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systemsv5Range: 10.0.0
- Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systemsv5Range: 10.0.0
- Range: 10.0.0
- Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 2004v5Range: 10.0.0
- Range: 10.0.0
- Range: 6.1.0
- Range: 6.1.7601.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 6.1.7601.0
- Range: 10.0.14393.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 10.0.14393.0
- Range: 10.0.17763.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 10.0.17763.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 10.0.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 10.0.0
10.0.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 10.0.0
- (no CPE)range: 10.0.0
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
1- msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-16960mitrevendor-advisory
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