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CVE detail

CVE-2020-0787

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) improperly handles symbolic links, aka 'Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

CVSS 7.8 · HighBuzz score 58.8KEV listed

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 58.8

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 20.8 · diversity 13.0 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
20.8
7 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
13.0
4 sources across 2 categories
KEV score
25.0
Known exploited vulnerability present
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
7 source links · newest first
  • Junctions are a feature of the NT file system – and a common way that attackers exploit file system redirection attacks. Learn about mitigation.

    vendorunit42.paloaltonetworks.comJun 14, 2022, 10:00 PM
  • LockBit 2.0 has so far been this year's most active ransomware gang on double-extortion leak sites. Learn about their tactics.

    vendorunit42.paloaltonetworks.comJun 9, 2022, 1:00 PM
  • The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) this week announced the addition of eight more vulnerabilities to the list of security flaws known to be exploited in malicious attacks.

    newswww.securityweek.comFeb 1, 2022, 11:12 AM
  • The US CISA added eight more flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog that are known to be used in attacks in the wild. The US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added eight more flaws to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The ‘Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog‘ is a list of known vulnerabilities that […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comJan 31, 2022, 9:05 PM
  • The U.S. government and its allies are pleading with defenders to pay attention to gaping holes in perimeter-type devices, warning that advanced threat actors are feasting on known security defects in VPN appliances, network product gateways and enterprise cloud applications.

    newswww.securityweek.comJul 28, 2021, 3:28 PM
  • Exploit Developer Spotlight: The Story of PlayBitCheck Point Research

    Research By: Eyal Itkin and Itay Cohen Introduction Exploits have always been an important and integral part of malicious attacks. They allow attackers to gain capabilities that are not easy to achieve otherwise. Whether attackers strive to gain higher privileges on a given computer, or laterally move inside a network, exploits often play a key […]

    vendorresearch.checkpoint.comOct 26, 2020, 10:00 AM
  • Research by: Itay Cohen, Eyal Itkin In the past months, our Vulnerability and Malware Research teams joined efforts to focus on the exploits inside the malware and specifically, on the exploit writers themselves. Starting from a single Incident Response case, we built a profile of one of the most active exploit developers for Windows, known […]

    vendorresearch.checkpoint.comOct 2, 2020, 10:00 AM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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