CVE-2020-16879

Projected Filesystem Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Medium · published September 11, 2020

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
64.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when a Windows Projected Filesystem improperly handles file redirections. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user's system</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.</p>

<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Projected Filesystem handle file redirections.</p>

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01079 · 64.8th percentile
Published
2020-09-11T17:08Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 SEP 17:08Z
    Projected Filesystem Information Disclosure Vulnerability
    cvelistv5