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CVE-2020-16853

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-16853 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the OneDrive for Windows Desktop application, allowing an attacker to overwrite targeted files with elevated status due to improper handling of symbolic links. Rated 7.1 HIGH on CVSS, exploitation requires local access and running a specially crafted application, leading to high impact on integrity and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is reported, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

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
0.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0099 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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-2020-16853Important

OneDrive for Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Sep 8, 2020

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16853
PatchVendor Advisory