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CVE-2020-16852

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-16852 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting the OneDrive for Windows Desktop application, stemming from improper handling of symbolic links. An authenticated attacker could exploit this to overwrite or delete targeted files with elevated privileges. Rated High (CVSS 7.1), the vulnerability requires local access and a specially crafted application, but has low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:onedrive:-:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0093 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: OneDrive for Windows
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2020-Sep/CVE-2020-16852Important

OneDrive for Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Sep 8, 2020

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16852
PatchVendor Advisory