CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Remediation Deadline: May 3, 2022

CVE-2020-0683

High

EPSS 32.7%CISA KEV

Description

Microsoft Windows Installer contains a privilege escalation vulnerability when MSI packages process symbolic links, which allows attackers to bypass access restrictions to add or remove files.

EPSS — Exploit Probability

32.7%

Higher than 96.8% of all CVEs

Required Action

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0683

Risk Assessment

ELEVATED

In CISA KEV

Details

Severity: High
EPSS: 32.7%
CISA KEV: Yes
Ransomware: Unknown
Articles: 0

Timeline

Published

Nov 3, 2021

Added to KEV

Nov 3, 2021

Remediation Due

May 3, 2022

Affected Product

Microsoft

Windows

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External Links

NVD (NIST)CVE Details MITRE CVE