Rewterz Threat Advisory – Microsoft OneDrive for Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

CVE-2020-0935

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 leading to an elevated status.

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 take control of an affected system.

Impact

Gain control of victim’s system

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

Affected Products

OneDrive

Remediation

Microsoft has released upgraded patches for OneDrive for Windows.

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0935