January 28, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2020-0787 — Microsoft Windows
known ransomware use
Microsoft Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-01-28- Federal due date
2022-07-28- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- EPSS
- 98.5th percentile (score 0.425, as of
2026-07-13) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Known
- ATT&CK
- T1059 , T1068 · signal rollup
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0787
CISA short description
Microsoft Windows BITS is vulnerable to to a privilege elevation vulnerability if it improperly handles symbolic links. An actor can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with system-level privileges.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.