PT-2020-5271
CVE-2020-16959
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Published
2020-12-08
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Updated
2025-08-28
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Windows Backup Engine (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to insecure privilege management in the Windows Backup Engine component of the Windows operating system. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to elevate their privileges. An elevation-of-privilege vulnerability allows attackers to affect the system.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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