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Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Microsoft Corporation AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the OneDrive for Windows Desktop application improperly handles symbolic links, aka 'OneDrive for Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-16851, CVE-2020-16852.

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the OneDrive for Windows Desktop application improperly handles symbolic links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could overwrite a targeted file with an elevated status.</p>
<p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and delete a targeted file with an elevated status.</p>
<p>The

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     *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:onedrive:-:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

NIST CWE-59

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16853 No Types Assigned

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16853 Patch, Vendor Advisory