CVE-2020-1271

CVE-2020-1271 is a high-severity elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows Backup Service affecting Windows 7, 10, Server 2008, 2016, and 2019. An attacker with local execution on the system can exploit improper file operations to gain elevated privileges, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, the vulnerability received some community discussion and media coverage during its disclosure.