{"id":"CVE-2020-16852","aliases":["EUVD-2020-8810","GHSA-62r3-326j-grw4"],"status":"published","title":"OneDrive for Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn 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.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo 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.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe update addresses this vulnerability by correcting where the OneDrive updater performs file writes while running with elevation.\u003c/p\u003e","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00934,"percentile":0.60995,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-269"],"published":"2020-09-11T17:08:35Z","modified":"2026-06-17T02:58:08Z","products":[{"vendor":"microsoft","product":"onedrive"},{"vendor":"microsoft","product":"onedrive for windows"}],"references":[{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16852","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16852"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-62r3-326j-grw4"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2020-16852","title":"OneDrive for Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the OneDrive for Windows Desktop application improperly handles symbolic links. 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