CVE-2020-16960: high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Windows Backup Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Published · Updated
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.8epss 1.3%
exploitation probability
1.3%top 31% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
Windows Backup Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1507Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1607Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1803Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit SystemsMicrosoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based SystemsMicrosoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based SystemsMicrosoft · Windows 10 Version 1909Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 2004Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 20H2Microsoft · Windows 7Microsoft · Windows 7 Service Pack 1Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server 2016Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server 2019Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server version 2004Microsoft · Windows Server version 20H2Related CVEs — Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
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